Woman charged for not helping kids escape fire
When she was alerted to a fire in the kitchen by both awakened young children, she did not immediately get up to investigate,” reads the affidavit, according to the Waco Tribune. “Instead, she chose to remain in bed for at least several minutes in a home with no working smoke alarms.”
After she finally did get out of bed and see the fire, she escaped the home without helping Anthony or her 2-year-old granddaughter Rachel Rose Aleman get out, police wrote.
Both children died of smoke inhalation.
Aleman was the first person to exit the home, the 11-year-old child, who has not been identified, told police.
“Once she was outside and realized the children were not with her, the defendant made no effort to get the children out of the house, whether by actually physically getting them out or by beckoning to them at the doorway,” reads the affidavit. “She did not ask neighbors for help when they also fled the shared part of the duplex on fire.”
Aleman was taken into custody on $30,000 bail.
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