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TONIGHT ABOUT A SUSPICOUS APARTMENT FIRE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THE FIRE BROKE OUT INSIDE AN APARTMENT OF A MAN WHO'S BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. TONIGHT -- WE TALKED TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS, WHO IS NOW FEARING THE WORST. JEFF MAHER IS LIVE NEAR LEAD AND ASH WITH TONIGHT'S TOP STORY. JEFF? AFTER GETTING A SEARCH WARRANT TONIGHT - POLICE SAY THEY WENT INSIDE DANIEL DAVIS' APARTMENT - AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF BLOOD, HAIR, AND TORN CARPET. THEY'RE HANDLING THIS AS A CRIME SCENE. ONE OF DAVIS'FRIENDS BELIEVES A STRANGER WHO WAS LIVING WITH DAVIS MAY KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. 'he said he met him at the bus stop and that he offered a place for him, but Daniel's like that, he's really trusting'TYRONE JOHNSON SAYS HIS FRIEND, 39-YEAR-OLD DANIEL DAVIS HAD RECENTLY BEEN LIVING WITH A YOUNG, NATIVE- AMERICAN MAN WHO WAS IN NEED OF A PLACE TO STAY. JOHNSON MET THE MAN WHEN HE LAST SAW DAVIS - AT A DINNER ON EASTER SUNDAY. 'there was four of us, there was a younger guy, and I didn't know who that was, they didn't really explain to me who that was, he just said 'oh this is just a friend of mine'' JOHNSON SAYS HE CALLED DAVIS LATER THAT NIGHT - DAVIS MENTIONED HE HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS ROOMMATE AFTER CATCHING HIM TRYING TO BUY OR SELL POT. DAVIS TOLD JOHNSON HE WAS ABOUT TO KICK HIS ROOMMATE OUT. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME JOHNSON HEARD FROM HIS FRIEND. AFTER THAT, DAVIS STOPPED SHOWING UP FOR WORK AT AMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS. YESTERDAY, JOHNSON SAYS HE WAS WORRIED, AND CAME TO CHECK ON DAVIS AT HIS APARTMENT - DAVIS DID NOT ANSWER THE DOOR - AND DID NOT RETURN ANY CALLS. AND LAST NIGHT DAVIS' APARTMENT WENT UP IN FLAMES - A FIRE THAT POLICE BELIEVE WAS SET INTENTIONALLY TO COVER UP A VIOLENT CRIME. 'i'm just worried right now, I'm hoping it's not what I think is going to happen' ALBUQUERQUE POLICE NEED YOUR HELP WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN, HEARD FROM, OR KNOWS OF DANIEL DAVIS TO CALL THEM AT 242- COPS. LIVE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. JEFF MAHER. EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR. THAT FIRE ENDED