Elkhart County Court

NAPPANEE, Ind. -- Christopher Hochstetler, a 22-year-old Nappanee man charged with the Attempted Murder and Arson Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury of his mother, had his initial hearing Tuesday morning.

According to a probable cause affidavit, in the early morning hours of Nov. 12, Elkhart County deputies responded to a call from Hochstetler, who alerted them that he had tried to set his home on fire while his mother was still inside.

At roughly 1:09 a.m., Nappanee police officers were notified that Hochstetler was at the Nappanee Police Department, where he was soon after placed in handcuffs and read his Miranda Rights.

According to the affidavit, Hochstetler explained that he used a candle lighter and rolled-up toilet paper to start the house fire because he "d

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