Wife held without bond in fatal fire case

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Wife held without bond in fatal fire case
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Mar 11, 2009 21:42:54 EDT

PADUCAH, Ky. — A judge has ordered a Fort Campbell soldier’s wife held without bond on charges that she set a 2007 fire that killed two of her children.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell ruled Wednesday that releasing 35-year-old Billie Jo Smallwood would pose a danger to the public.

The Paducah Sun reports that Smallwood’s attorneys argued that she should be allowed to live with her sister and mother in Brunswick, Ga. Her sister, Jennifer Rotz, testified that Smallwood was a loving parent.

Spc. Wayne Smallwood says investigators’ claim that his wife was trying to harm him is absurd. He said his wife saved one child and tried to get back inside to save the others.

The fire occurred at the post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border. Smallwood was arrested in November.


Article at: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/03/ap_smallwood_fire_031109/%2e