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- A mother in North Carolina faces charges after her four daughters died in a house fire
- The four children who died were ages 2, 4, 6 and 7
- Mom Reagan Powers, 28, left the children without supervision, according to local reports
A mother in North Carolina has been accused after her four young daughters were killed in a house fire.
Police responded to a home around 02:30 Local time on Saturday, August 30, after a woman reported that her home was on fire and her four daughters were inside, according to one press release from Columbus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO).
“When the first deputy arrived on the stage nine minutes after the first call, the home was completely engulfed in flames. Due to the severity of the fire, it was not possible to make a safe entry into the home,” said the police, leaving that the four children in the home finally died.
The children’s mother, Reagan Powers, 28, left the four children, ages 2, 4, 6 and 7, at home and were not around at the time the fire began, according to WECT 6The Wway 3 and Columbus County News (CCN). She had reportedly left the children in the care of an 11-year-old, says the stores.
People were enough for CCSO and Columbus County Fire Marshal for comments on Saturday, September 13, but did not receive an immediate response.
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The powers were later arrested and charged with four bills of involuntary males and negligent abuse against children with serious bodily injury on Wednesday, September 10, according to the arrest register obtained by WECT 6 and CCN.
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Powers made his first court on Thursday, September 11. At that time, the judge told her that she is facing a maximum of 59 months for each bill of involuntary males and a maximum of 88 months for each bill of negligent abuse against children, WECT 6 reported.
Powers’ bond was initially set to $ 400,000, and she has since bound, according to WECT 6 and CCN.
In a statement obtained by Wway 3, the children’s father, Patrick Ellis, said my heart is crushed in addition to words at the loss of my daughters. ”
Over 100 people appeared to a memorial service for the four children at a funeral home in Chadbourn on Tuesday 9 September per outlet.
