U.S. Marshals have joined the manhunt for a 24-year-old North Carolina man accused of killing his grandmother, burning her home to the ground and stabbing a deputy.

Dominic Liam Connelly was last seen in Vanceboro, North Carolina , and authorities said he has ties to New York. Authorities say he is considered armed and dangerous.

His grandmother, Patricia Jean Timek Lopedote, 72, was found dead inside the ashes of her home in Craven County.

Connelly is wanted on charges of murder, arson, motor vehicle theft, attempted murder and felony assault.

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Connelly is described as standing 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighing around 180 pounds. He has wavy blonde hair and blue eyes.

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