Authorities charged a 35-year-old black St Louis man with arson for two of the seven church fires in a predominantly African-American part of the St Louis region.
However federal investigators said there is no evidence of a hate crime.
David Lopez Jackson, 35, was charged Friday in St Louis Circuit Court with two counts of second-degree arson in the fires at Ebenezer Lutheran Church and New Life Missionary Baptist Church, both in the city.
St Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said investigations continue into the other fires - three in St Louis, two in nearby Jennings - and Jackson is a suspect in all of them.
The fires were set between October 8 and October 22. Five of the congregations are predominantly black, one is racially mixed and one is mostly white. Daily Mail Read More>>>>>>
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