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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#322d2d"><strong>Texas man, 40, &#8216;set his house on fire, killing his brother, 54, and injuring his 82-year-old mother because they didn&#8217;t follow the Bible&#8217; </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#322d2d"><strong>Phillip Daniel Mills, 40, of El Paso, allegedly set his house on fire Thursday night, killing his brother and gravely injuring his 82-year-old mother </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#322d2d"><strong>An affidavit says that Mills, who is facing capital murder and arson charges, told police he did it because his brother and mother didn&#8217;t follow the Bible </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#322d2d"><strong>Paul Aaron Mills, 54, died in the flames and Florence Annette Mills, 82, is being treated at a local hospital and in critical condition </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#322d2d"><strong>According to criminal records, Mills has previous charges brought against him that include criminal trespassing and evading arrest </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#322d2d"><strong>Mills was booked in a downtown El Paso jail on Friday afternoon and his bond is set at $2.5million</strong><br></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Phillip-Daniel-Mills-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-385445" width="444" height="610"/><figcaption><strong>Alleged Arsonist and Murderer: Phillip Daniel Mills, [photo], of El Paso, Texas is facing capital murder and arson charges after he deliberately set his house on fire Thursday night and the blaze killed his brother and gravely injured his 82-year-old mother</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>A Texas man is facing capital murder and arson charges after allegedly setting his house on fire Thursday night, killing his brother and gravely injuring his 82-year-old mother, according to El Paso police. <br>Phillip Daniel Mills, 40, of El Paso, allegedly admitted to police that he set the fire at his Fandango Place residence to &#8216;purge the home from evil&#8217; because his brother and mother didn&#8217;t follow the Bible. <br>The arrest affidavit <a href="https://www.ktsm.com/local/man-accused-of-setting-west-side-house-on-fire-charged-with-capital-murder/">reportedly states </a>that , Mills doused his living room sofa in gasoline siphoned from a weed eater before igniting it with a lit cloth. Once the sofa caught on fire, he walked outside the house and waited to see if his mother or brother would go outside but they didn&#8217;t, the affidavit says. <br>&#8216;The defendant advised that he waited outside the residence with large rocks in his hands in the event that both his brother and mother had made it out the burning residence&#8217;, a detective wrote in the report. <br>Mills had an outburst prior to the fire, in which he purposely broke a television in the living room and threatened to burn the house down, the affidavit says.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Phillip-Daniel-Mills-Fandango-Place-residence-in-40-of-El-Paso-Texas-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-385443" width="835" height="608"/><figcaption><strong>Mills admitted to police that he set the fire at his Fandango Place residence to &#8216;purge the home from evil&#8217; because his brother and mother didn&#8217;t follow the Bible</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The charging documents also states that, &#8216;The defendant states that he left the residence and allowed his mother to be in a &#8216;happy place&#8217; throughout the day and waited for both his mother and brother to go to bed, before starting the fire.&#8217;<br>The El Paso fire department said that firefighters arrived at the house around 11.30pm to see Mills&#8217; mother Florence Annette Mills, rushing outside with severe burns.<br>Fire department rescuers pulled Paul Aaron Mills, 54, from the flames and transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. <br>Florence Mills was also brought to a local hospital and last listed in critical condition.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Phillip-Daniel-Mills-Fandango-Place-residence-in-40-of-El-Paso-Texas-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-385447" width="836" height="609"/><figcaption><strong>Mills allegedly doused his living room sofa in gasoline siphoned from a weed eater before igniting it with a lit cloth</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>After officers told Mills that his brother died and his mother was injured in the fire, the affidavit says that Mills laughed and called it a &#8216;failed attempt&#8217; that both family members didn&#8217;t perish in the flames. <br>Roger Torres, a neighbor, told KTSM that Mills was always &#8216;troublesome&#8217; and was acting erratic earlier that day. <br>Torres said, &#8216;He was bad news, all he would do was sit out there and drink and smoke and I noticed he was back to his old routine.&#8217; <br>Torres said that Mills&#8217;s family had called the police on him before because of his behavior, adding &#8216;They called the police department on him cause he stripped naked and he was drinking.&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/El-Paso-fire-dept-respond-to-fire-at-Phillip-Daniel-Mills-Fandango-Place-residence-in-El-Paso-Texas-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-385450" width="838" height="612"/><figcaption>The El Paso fire department said in a statement that firefighters arrived at the house around 11.30pm to see Mills&#8217;s mother Florence Annette Mills, rushing outside with severe burns</figcaption></figure>



<p>“He was bad news, all he would do was sit out there and drink and smoke and I noticed he was back to his old routine,” Torres said. <br>Torres said Mills was always coming and going from out of town. He said he noticed the house in flames around 11 p.m. The affidavit claims Mills caused the fire because he was upset with his brother and mother because they did not follow the Bible. <br>The document states Mills intentionally broke a television in the living room and threatened to burn the house down. “He intentionally broke the television located in the living room because he needed to ‘purge the home from ‘evil,” Mills allegedly told police. <br>“The defendant state that he left the residence and allowed his mother to be in a ‘happy place’ throughout the day and waited for both his mother and brother to go to bed, before starting the fire.”</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/El-Paso-fire-dept-respond-to-fire-at-Phillip-Daniel-Mills-Fandango-Place-residence-in-El-Paso-Texas-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-385448" width="832" height="536"/><figcaption>Fire department rescuers pulled Paul Aaron Mills, 54, from the flames and transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead</figcaption></figure>



<p>Torres said he saw the house in flames on Thursday around 11pm and said, &#8216;When we found out only two were transported we thought &#8216;what happened to the other brother&#8217; there were three [people] so I thought, in my opinion, he had something to do with it. <br> &#8216;I should have probably took it upon myself to call the police because they could&#8217;ve done something, maybe it could&#8217;ve been a difference if law enforcement had come out and talked to him.&#8217; <br>According to criminal records, Mills has previous charges brought against him that include criminal trespassing and evading arrest. <br>An ongoing joint investigation is being conducted by the city&#8217;s fire marshals and police department&#8217;s crimes against persons unit. <br>Mills was booked in a downtown El Paso jail on Friday afternoon and his bond is set at $2.5million. </p>

Texas man, set his house on fire, killing his brother and injuring his 82-year-old mother ‘because they didn’t follow the Bible’ – Phillip Mills, 40, is facing homicide charges after the arson he created killed his brother
