On Friday morning, a fire broke out in a house in St. Louis, killing five young siblings. Just a few months ago, another fire destroyed their former residence.
This flame It happened around 3 a.m. on Friday, on the second floor of an apartment building in East St. Louis. When the children’s mother returned home after sending them away, she found that the house was on fire. Although four of the children were pronounced dead at the scene, one died of burns in the hospital. St. Louis Post Report.
St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the victims as 2-year-old Loy-el Dunigan, 4-year-old Jabari Johnson, 8-year-old girls Heaven and Neveah Dunigan, and 9-year-old boy Deontae Davis. The body has been sent for an autopsy, which is expected to be performed later this week.
At the same time, an investigation revealed that the children died on their mother’s birthday, just hours before the party, and their previous home was destroyed in a fire a few months ago. The cause of Friday’s fire has not yet been determined.
Since then, many people have criticized the mother on social media for leaving her child alone at home. Now, several friends and family members of this woman have defended her.
“She takes care of her children, she loves her children, and when she has nothing and homeless, she will take care of those children,” the children’s aunt said 4. KMOV
Family friend Pastor Doug Hollis told the media, “Everyone has made this mistake once in his life. You know, everyone keeps their children at home. No one expected this to happen. She didn’t expect it to happen. This happened. It happened, so we don’t want everyone to slander her name on Facebook, on social media, and try to throw her off the bus. It’s an honest mistake. It’s a tragedy. She doesn’t plan to come back to see her house is on fire.”
At the same time, a GoFundMe page Has been established to help families raise funeral expenses.
Photo: AFP/Josh Edelson
