DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A suspect is in custody after a deadly apartment fire in DeKalb County that killed a woman and injured her son early Monday morning.

What we know:

The DeKalb County Police Department confirmed Tuesday that 44-year-old Shawn Fails was arrested by the Chambers County Sheriff’s Department during a traffic stop in Lanett, Alabama. He will be booked into the DeKalb County Jail and is expected to face charges of murder, aggravated assault, and arson.

The victim was identified earlier on Tuesday as 48-year-old Stephanie Wiley. Fire officials said Wiley was trapped on the second floor of her apartment at The Hills at Fairington Apartments when the blaze broke out around 1 a.m. Monday. She was found unresponsive in a bathroom, rushed to the hospital, and later pronounced d

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