tonight the 35-year-old charged with two counts of first degree on july 14th, 2017, 23-year-old helen hargan and her mother, 63-year-old pamela hargan wed found d in their home. >> police initially believing it was a murder-suicide. it looked as though helen hargan shot and killed her mother pamela inside their home and then turned the gun on herself, a narrative that did not seem right to neighbors. >> cannot believe it. 's just unreal to me. >> reporter: police started questioning it, too, and quickly uncovered a familyin drama lving money, a dispute that turned deadly. >> megan hargan attempted fraudulent money transfershe fr mother's account on the day of the murders as well as the day before. >> >> reporter: shortly after the murders, search warrants filed suggested the crime scene may have been altered or staged. >> and made to appear to be a murder suicide. >> police are not ruling out that more charges could come down: they're adding this y still a vctive case. coming up on news 4 at five i'm going to walk you through how police were able to track down the suspected avkiller. >> culv

they believe helen hargan shot and killed her mother and turned the gun on herself in july of 2017. then they uncovered a family drama invving money. meganhargan attempted fraudulent money transfers on the day of the murders as well as the day before. >> search warrants suggest the crime scene may have been altered or staged. more changes could be filed. >> breaking tonight, the wildfires in california continue to rage on and continue to kill. at least nine people are confir qd dead. rter of a million people are under evacuation rsorde unbelievable video like this showing fmes chewing through people's homes and devouring forests. the camp fire burning in northern california is blamed for all nine of the confirmed at hs. five of the victims were found n vehicles that couldn't escape. they were so badly burned, they couldn't even be identified. the hill fire and woolsey fire areurng in southern california. kim kardashian and lady gaga were forced out. thousand oaks under evacuation orders, the same town that is reeling from the mass shting. aoman who live there is said e twin disaster

. >> on july 14th, 2017, 23-year-old helen hargan ander mother, 63-year-old pamela hargan were fou deadn home. >> police initially believing it was a murder suicide. it looked a though helenargan shot and killed her mother pamela inside their mclean home and then turned the gun on herself. a narrative that did not seem right to neighbors. >> i cannot believe it. it's just unreal to me. >> police staed questioning it too, and quickly uncovered a family drama involving money.or investig began checking pamela's bank account ask p noticed suspicious transactions. theyir quickly turned t attention to pamela's older daughter, megan, helen's sister. >> megan hargan attempted fraudulent money transfers from her mother's account on the day of the murders as well as the day beccre. >>ding to search warrants, money appeared to be the motive. shortly after the murders, search warrants filed suggested the crime scene may have been altered or staged. >> and made to appear to be a murder suicide. >> reporter: i asked investigators if more charges could be coming in this case.m, hey tell me tonight the

hargan near her home in. west virginia he faces twof counts first-degree murder. they initially thought helen shot and killed her mother and turned the gun on herself. but investigators uncovered a family drama involving money. >> megan hargan attempted fraudulent money transfers from her mother's o accountn the day of the murders as well as the day before. >>ee conti our coverage this morning surrounding the deadly stabbing of a woman in logan circle. the man accused of murdering her september must remain behind bars during his trial. the judgennounced the decision yesterday in court. that's despite anthony cwford being placed in a mental health facility. dna from crawford and the victim was found on the murder weapon and the suspect's sweater after the attack. it has been a roller coaster of emotions through two days of hearings. >> our lives were forever changed. our grief has no limits and nothing can make us whole again or undo the senseless violence perpetrated against the victim. >> crawfordested positive for cocaine when he was arrested a few days aer themurder. >> a loudoun county hi

. >> the july 2017 deaths of pamela hargan and her 23-year-old daughter helen shocked the quiet mclean community. >> i cannot believe it. it's just unreal to me. >> reporter: inside the home detectives found pamela dead in the laundry room.st rs her daughter helen eling lifeless alongside a gun. tonight policeng us that they quickly realized someone else was involved. >> dectives determined early in the investigation that the scene was staged and made to appear to be a murder-suicide. >> reporter:ga invesrs began checking pamela's bank account and noticed suspicious ckly turneds that q their attention to pamela's older daughter, megan, hen's sister. >> megan harlan attempted fraudulent money transfers from her mother's account on the day of the murders as well as the befo >> reporter: according to search warrants, money appeared to be the motive. on thursday a multijurisdictional grand jury indicted megan hargan chargeing her for the murders of her ownt moer and sister. fairfax county police had units in west virginia to make the arrest. >> we were prepared and ready go once word came