NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The case of a city man charged with killing his parents was continued to March on Monday.

 

Darius Hazard, 44, was scheduled for a detention hearing on Monday in Northern Berkshire District Court.

 

Prior to the start of the court's business, the clerk announced that Hazard's case was continued to Monday, March 2.

 

Hazard is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in connection with the Nov. 24 fire that claimed the lives of Donald Hazard, 83, and Venture Hazard, 76.

 

Police say Hazard confessed to the killings and starting the fire and fled the Francis Street home where he lived with his parents.