KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A suburban Kansas City man has been convicted of setting a house fire that killed his 14-month-old daughter and an adult.
A Jackson County jury on Friday found 35-year-old Stephen Elijah of Grandview guilty of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. Elijah was acquitted of an arson charge in the September 2014 fire.
The blaze killed 14-month-old Se'Asia Elijah and 37-year-old Anika Hobley of Kansas City. Two girls in the home escaped and alerted a neighbor.
When fire crews arrived, they found Elijah trying to put out the fire with a garden ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A suburban Kansas City man has been convicted of setting a house fire that killed his 14-month-old daughter and an adult.
A Jackson County jury on Friday found 35-year-old Stephen Elijah of Grandview guilty of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. Elijah was acquitted of an arson charge in the September 2014 fire.
The blaze killed 14-month-old Se'Asia Elijah and 37-year-old Anika Hobley of Kansas City. Two girls in the home escaped and alerted a neighbor.
When fire crews arrived, they found Elijah trying to put out the fire with a garden ...