Enoch Zarceno.

“Family believes he was angry about the possibility of having to pay child support.”

Heh.

Hardcore.

WREG:

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has charged a man with the murder of a woman and a 4-month-old baby boy found stabbed in a house that was set on fire.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says that 25-year-old Enoch Zarceno, who is the father of the 4-month-old baby, has been arrested and charged with numerous felonies, including two counts of first-degree murder and aggravated arson.

Family believes he was angry about the possibility of having to pay child support.

Heather Cook, 32, and her son Bentley were found dead in an apartment on Bennington Circle sometime after 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. Shelby County Fire crews found their bodies while responding to a call of a house fire.

Deputies pronounced both of them dead on the scene. Fire marshals later determined that the fire was intentionally set.

According to an affidavit obtained by WREG, both Cook and the baby were stabbed multiple times.

Authorities say a family member told deputies that Zarceno was the father of baby Bentley, and that Zarceno and Cook had recently gotten into an argument over custody issues. Family, however, tells WREG that the argument was about child support for Bentley.

Heather and Bentley Cook.

A woman has been arrested and charged with the murder of a man found in a burning pick-up truck.

Shelby County deputies arrested 34-year-old Aleasha Cox after she confessed to her involvement in the robbery of 50-year-old Cleate Davis, which led to his death.

Davis was found in his F-150 pick-up truck in the 7800 block of Mudville Road near Millington. After the fire was put out, his badly burned body was found inside the truck.

According to an affidavit, Davis had two gunshot wounds to his face.

WMC Action News 5 spoke to Davis’ daughters on Christmas Eve. They say their father’s death came just days after the family found out he was cancer free for the second time.

The family said their only question is why. “Just to leave someone burning in a truck,” said Rochelle Weber, Davis’s daughter. “They will have to answer for this one day, and they will have to explain why they did this.”

Cox is charged with first-degree murder in perpetration of a robbery. She is due in court on Monday, Dec. 29.

Cox’s boyfriend, Morrieo Allen, 35, is also believed to have played a role in this murder and he is still on the run. The affidavit says that a witness helped to pin-point both suspects. The witness says that he was seen walking away from the burning car.

An active warrant for first-degree murder was issued for Allen.

If anyone has any information on where Allen can be found call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH or the SCSO Fugitive Division at 901-222-5620.

The grand jury has indicted Brandon Howard Daniel on several sex-related charges.

Alabaster police arrested Daniel last August. He was a case worker at the Shelby County Department of Human Resources. He also worked as a former Birmingham police officer before resigning earlier last year.

According to the indictment, Howard is facing charges of soliciting for purposes of influencing action, indecent exposure, and theft. According to the indictment, Howard threatened to take away the children of a client unless the client she had sex with him. He is also accused of taking a printed pillow case from the property.

Daniel is expected back in court in February.

Newly released autopsy results reveal how a suspect died during a standoff with the Memphis TACT Unit in October.

According to the Shelby County Medical Examiner, Aaron Dumas died from smoke inhalation.

Dumas, who was wanted for attempted murder, was discovered dead in a bathtub at a home in south Memphis on October 15th. He was found after an hours long standoff with the Memphis Police TACT Unit.

That standoff ended with two police officers shot, Dumas dead and a house burned to the ground.

The autopsy results come just days after the TACT Unit was reinstated with new leadership. The unit was taken off the streets right after the standoff.

Last week, police director Toney Armstrong said there was a problem with the chemical agent officers used during the standoff. That chemical was flammable and led to the house catching on fire. The autopsy results show the smoke from that fire led to Dumas’ death.

The Shelby County Medical examiner found soot in Aaron Dumas’ his mouth and lungs. The amount of carbon monoxide in his blood stream was at 77%. He also had small burns all over his body.

Smoke inhalation is the cause of death, but the manner of death has not be specified. That’s because it’s still not clear from the MPD what caused the fire to ignite.

Dumas barricaded himself inside the home after police tried to serve him with an arrest warrant.

He was wanted for two counts of attempted murder after police say he shot his former girlfriend and her brother.

Police say during that standoff, Dumas shot two TACT officers. Police fired a chemical agent into the home to try and subdue him. The house caught fire shortly after.

The TACT Unit was taken off the streets for two months. It was just reinstated with new procedures, training and leadership. MPD director Toney Armstrong told us this last week, “We have significantly improved out TACT Units readiness and they are now ready to serve this community.”