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Police: Berks County man who killed 2, set self on fire identified
DNA tests identified the third person as the 40-year-old son of one of the victims.
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The Associated Press
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(Douglassville) — State police say a man who beat a Berks County couple to death with a hammer and then died after setting himself on fire in the garage has been identified as the woman’s adult son.
Police said Wednesday that DNA tests identified the third person found after the fire as 40-year-old Adam DeLuca, the son of 63-year-old Joanne DeLuca.
She and 60-year-old Ira Reed Jr. were found dead Nov. 23 in the Union Township home.
Neighbors said the three moved there several years ago from southern New Jersey after losing their home in Superstorm Sandy.
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