A Grand Rapids mother has pleaded not guilty to setting her house on fire, but admitted she intended to die with her daughters "so they could be free."
Firefighters can be seen pulling a 12-year-old girl out from the second-floor window and then performing CPR on her outside. The 12-year-old passed away from her injuries in the hospital Monday night according to GRPD. Two other girls, ten and seven years old, were also taken to a hospital and released after receiving treatment.
Officials arrested the woman, identified as Roconda Singleton, 46, on multiple charges in connection with the fire. A 12-year-old child was in critical condition at a hospital following the fire but two other children, ages 10 and 7, were treated and released over the weekend, according to authorities.
Roconda Singleton told police that her intentions were "to die with her three daughters so they could be free."
Authorities said the mother of 3 removed fire detectors, poured lighter fluid all over her home and then set it ablaze with children still inside.
A Grand Rapids mother accused of setting her own house on fire while her children were sleeping inside is now facing an additional murder charge.
Authorities say a mother was arrested after three of her children were injured in a Grand Rapids house fire over the weekend.
The mother who admitted to setting fire to her Grand Rapids home while her children were inside is facing an additional charge after her daughter died.
A Grand Rapids mother faces arson charges after investigators say she set fire to her home with her children inside, sending one of her daughters to the hospital, where she later died.
A Grand Rapids mother is facing charges after she allegedly set her house on fire, injuring her three children, over the weekend, according to GRPD.
The mother poured lighter fluid both upstairs and downstairs in the home, according to authorities, who called the case “unimaginably horrific.”
The mom is accused of timing the blaze for when her three daughters — ages 7, 10 and 12 — would all be asleep, removing the fire alarms, which were later found stuffed in a pillowcase in the backyard, officials told the outlet.