The childhood home of accused Athens cop killer Jamie Hood is described as a total loss, after a New Year's Day fire.  

No one was home when the fire at the Rannick Road bungalow broke out shortly before noon Tuesday.   Jamie Hood's parents had left about an hour earlier to make funeral arrangements for a relative. 

Cause of the fire is under investigation; the house was equipped with kerosene heaters.

Jamie Hood faces the death penalty for a shooting incident in March of 2011 that left one Athens-Clarke County police officer dead, another wounded.   His trial has been delayed by the replacement of his defense team; arraignment is set for late this month, with a third judge in charge.