KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the deaths of a mother and two children whose bodies were found after a house fire in Kansas City, Kansas.
Police said late Monday in a tweet that charges are pending a review by the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office. The cause of death and a motive weren't immediately released.
Firefighters responded to the blaze around 4:35 a.m. Monday. KCTV reports that the victims have been identified as 32-year-old Yazmine Rodriguez, 14-year-old Amerikha Rodriguez and 10-year-old Jean Carlos Rodriguez.
Family members say they tried to reach Yazmine all day Sunday, but she never called or texted them back.
“I want justice and if anybody saw anything, anybody go inside the house, speak up,” Ana Rodriguez, the children’s aunt, said. “They were the happiest kids ever.”
Yazmine has two other children, who were with their father for Christmas break. The father of the children who died is in Mexico.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A fire at a Kansas City, Kansas, house that killed of an adult female and two juveniles early Monday is being investigated as a homicide case, police said.
An adult woman and two juveniles died in the blaze, which was reported about 4:30 a.m. Monday. Authorities initially reported that two adults and a child had died.
No other details were immediately released, including the names of the victims.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say that two adults and a youth have been killed in a house fire in Kansas City, Kansas.
The fire started around 4:30 a.m. Monday. No other details were immediately released about the blaze, including the names of the victims.
The fire is under investigation.