Gallman, Mississippi (CNN) -- A 42-year-old man was charged Wednesday with arson and two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of a woman and her 7-year-old son in Mississippi.

Wearing a bulletproof vest, Timothy Burns appeared in Copiah County Justice Court. He said he has no lawyer, so one will be appointed to him.

No bond was set.

He's being held in the deaths of Atira Hughes-Smith and Jaidon Hill. The boy's stepfather, Laterry Smith, was also killed.

There's some question as to whether Smith was killed in a different county, said Copiah County Sheriff Harold Jones, explaining why Burns was charged with two, rather than three, counts of murder.

There's no indication the suspect had anything against the three victims, the sheriff noted, nor that he even knew them.

"We don't think there is (a relationship)," Jones said. "But we haven't tied that loose end up yet."

The seeming randomness of the crime makes the deaths all the more inexplicable to loved ones, as well as to neighbors in the city of Brandon they called home.

As Vinson Jenkins, Hughes-Smith's cousin, said: "We don't know why anybody would want to do any harm to them."

The family was last seen Friday in a car that was later found flipped and on fire.

The Copiah County sheriff says authorities now believe that Burns was driving that car when he got in an accident, then set it ablaze. Was he alone at the time? Jones said he has "no way of knowing that right now."

1. Who was charged with arson and 2 counts of murder?
2. What was his name?
3. How old was he?
4. Who did he kill?
5. Where?
6. What were the names of the victims?
7. Why was he tried with only 2 counts instead of 3?
8. Was there a bond set?
9. Which county is he being tried in?
10. What is the name of the victims cousin?
11. When were they last seen?
12. Where at?
13. What condition was the car in?
14. Who does the sheriff feel is responsible for the car accident?
15. Was he alone?
16. Did he have anything against the victims?
17. Did he wear a bulletproof vest to court?
18. Does he have an attorney?
19. Will one be appointed to him?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. a man
2. Timothy Burns
3. 42-years-old
4. a woman and her 7-year-old son
5. Mississippi
6. Atira Hughes-Smith, Jaidon Hil, Laterry Smith
7. There's some question as to whether Smith was killed in a different county
8. No
9. Copiah County
10. Vinson Jenkins
11. Friday
12. in a car
13. flipped and on fire
14. Burns
15. no way of knowing
16. No
17. Yes
18. No
19. Yes