2019 Goodfield arson
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| 2019 Goodfield arson | |
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| Location | Goodfield, Illinois |
| Date | April 6, 2019 |
Attack type | Familicide, fratricide, sororicide, infanticide, child-on-child murder, senicide, mass murder, arson |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Motive | Unknown |
| Charges |
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On April 6, 2019, a child, aged nine, allegedly killed five of their family members by starting a fire in a mobile home in Goodfield, Illinois.[1][2] The nine-year-old boy was charged with the deaths on October 8.[3]
Incident
[edit]At around 11:00 pm, a fire was reported in the central area of Peoria near the village of Goodfield, Illinois. Firefighters came a few minutes after the call. Five bodies -- three children, all under three years old, Kathryn Murray, aged 69, and Jason Wall, aged 34 -- were all found dead from smoke inhalation.[4] Katrina Alwood survived the fire, along with the child who set the fire.[5]
Charges
[edit]The nine year-old child was taken into custody and charged with murder six months after the incident. The child was charged with five counts of first-degree murder, two counts of arson, and one count of aggravated arson. The subject was charged in juvenile court, thus they are likely to be given five years of probation and inpatient/outpatient counseling if convicted.[1][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "9-year-old boy accused of setting deadly fire appears in court on murder charges". CBS News.
- ^ Kusmer, Ken; Tarm, Michael (October 9, 2019). "9-year-old charged with murder in 5 Illinois fire deaths". CTVNews. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ^ Hauck, Grace (October 9, 2019). "'Extremely uncommon': 9-year-old charged with murder after 5 die in Illinois fire". USA TODAY. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ^ Gearty, Robert (October 9, 2019). "Child faces 5 murder charges for starting Illinois mobile home fire". New York Post. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ^ Tarm, Michael; Kusmer, Ken (October 9, 2019). "9-year-old charged with 5 counts of first-degree murder". khou.com. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
- ^ Kuster, Ken (October 9, 2019). "9-year-old charged with murder in 5 Illinois fire deaths". AP NEWS. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
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