Crime & Safety
Police Open Child Abuse Investigation Into Loganville Home Where Fire Killed Girl: Report
Gwinnett police opened a child abuse investigation into the home where a girl, 10, died by a fire started by her brother.
LOGANVILLE, GA — The 15-year-old boy who started a fire that killed his 10-year-old sister is being held in a regional youth detention facility while his parents are trying to keep their three remaining children, reported WSB-TV.
Gwinnett County police said the house fire that killed a 10-year-old Loganville girl on Easter Sunday was set by her 15-year-old brother. Police charged the boy with malice murder, felony murder and arson.
The children, ages 17, 12 and 8, have lived in deplorable conditions for years, state investigators told WSB.
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“The children have not been in school in years, the home has no sewage system, the children have been using buckets to relieve themselves, and none of the children have had a shower in possibly months,” according to a state investigator’s affidavit, reported WSB. “It is unclear how the children are impacted, as they have not been outside the home in years.”
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