A body that was found in a burned residence in Santa Clara last week was the remains of a man who traveled from Indiana to California and shot his brother to death before killing himself in the fire, according to police.

In a news conference on Thursday, Santa Clara Police Chief Cory Morgan identified the suspect as 49-year-old Matthew Heflin of Bloomington, Indiana, and the victim as 52-year-old Santa Clara resident Mark Heflin.

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