A family is speaking out after a man was arrested in connection with an arson fire that consumed a Deerfield Beach home and killed a woman and her dog. Genivaldo Gomes Moreira, 41, was arrested Sunday night and is accused of setting the fire that killed Ana Paula Ribeiro de Souza,

Genivaldo Gomes Moreira, 41, was arrested Sunday in connection with an apartment fire in Deerfield Beach that killed Ana De Souza, 54, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.

DEERFIELD BEACH - An investigation is underway after a woman's body was found in a burning Deerfield Beach duplex early Friday morning. It happened in the 4300 block of NW 4 Avenue, which is just west of I-95 and north of Sample Road.

A man has been arrested in connection with a murder and arson that occurred last week in Deerfield Beach, authorities confirmed Monday to Local 10 News.

Inside the home, which had been engulfed in flames, they found the body of Ana Paula Ribeiro de Souza, 54, according to the sheriff’s office. Police did not immediately reveal her cause of death. Her dog was also found dead as a result of the fire.

The Friday predawn home fire that killed a Deerfield Beach woman and her dog struck investigators as suspicious from early on in the investigation. Sunday, an arson suspect was arrested in Manatee County and his address says this could’ve been a case of deadly domestic violence.

One woman died in a house fire in Deerfield Beach on Thursday morning, emergency crews told NBC6 at the scene.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man in connection to an arson fire consumed a Deerfield Beach home and left a woman and her dog dead. According to BSO, 41-year-old Genivaldo Gomes Moreira was arrested Sunday night and is accused of setting the fire that killed Ana Paula Ribeiro De Souza,