The series of events that have taken place over the last 10 days have residents living on Tyler Park Drive near Bedias fighting back.

"When they get him I want them to make him pay because the first time that house caught fire across the street, the people were inside," said concerned resident Allan Elliott.

"It's very scary that this would be intentional," added neighbor Patricia Lancaster.

Every other day for the last two weeks, the Ward's home off Tyler Park Drive has mysteriously caught fire between 3 and 6 p.m. The family is losing sleep but most of all they are losing time as the suspect vanishes after making their mark.

"We are just sick, we basically lost everything," said fire victim James Ward. "We are a family of musicians; among many things, we lost computers, guitars, horns and a piano. My daughter doesn't even have shoes on, so we're going to have to go inside and see if we can salvage anything."

Suspects are being questioned by the Madison County Sheriff's Office, but as the days go on and questions remain unanswered, residents are formulating their own suspicions.

"I'm beginning to think that it might be racially motivated," said Elliott. "The peoples house who burned last night [Thursday night], that's the second time it's been set on fire, they're a mixed couple, then two weeks ago the couple up the road, a black family lives there and there was a fire right beside them."

Whether or not the crimes are racially motivated is something that investigators are trying determine; but believing that something like that would happen to the Ward family is hard for neighbors to swallow.

"It's wrong, it's very wrong," said Elliott. "The people across the street they don't bother nobody."

"It's 2011 and we're all supposed to be Americans and somehow we're still separated by ideology when we're all human and this is God's country," added James Ward.

Now neighbors are banding together to help the Ward family get back on their feet.

"We're going to the bank to set up a fund at the Bedias Bank so they can have donations, and we're also going to contact Habitat for Humanity to see about helping them rebuild," added Lancaster.

Although everything may be gone from the Ward household--their faith and family is a tangible bond the alleged criminals will never destroy.

Law enforcement officers are increasing patrols in that area. Evidence found Friday is being sent to the State Fire Marshals lab in Austin. Officials say it should take about two weeks to receive the results.

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