Arson
probe continues in fatal fire
Bosqueville - When
death found the family that lived in the trailer house at 6312 N.
19th Street in Bosqueville on February 16, 2012, a
neighbor named Crystal Kerns told newsmen she could hear the mother
and children screaming from inside the burning trailer.
She
tried to push through and get inside, but the heat drove her back.
A
neighbor boy named Bobby Cale crawled through a back door and pulled
3-year-old Kaiden Megginson to safety. Both were injured and required
hospitalization, as did 4 firefighters who suffered from burns and
smoke inhalation.
The
fire that claimed the life of Ashley Dawn Rogers, her daughter
Madisyn Marie, 4, and 8-month-old Gage started on a couch in the den
at 6:30 p.m. and had the trailer home fully involved by the time
firemen responded – four minutes after they were called – at
16:36:41. Within 20 minutes, the fire was under control.
According
to the report filed by Assistant Fire Chief Don C. Yeager, the arson
investigation to determine what material first began to burn and the
source of heat are undetermined. The report notes no hazardous
materials such as diesel, propane, gasoline, motor oil or paint.
“Estimated
dollar losses and values: Property: $10,000; Contents: $2,000.”
Fire
Department administrators are unsatisfied.
A
knowledgeable source at the fire department said today that the
investigation continues, though Police Detective Rosysky of the
Special Crimes Division told newsmen earlier this week that his
investigation into the three questionable deaths revealed accidental
causes due to the fire.
Ashley
Dawn's Facebook page remains, snapshots of her sisters and her
friends peering out of cyberspace in happier times of family trips
and kids out on a lark.
“Lives
in: Waco, TX
“In
a relationship
“Born
on: March 12, 1984
“Knows:
French, Spanish
“Movies:
Zombies
“Activities:
Finding Love
“Interested
in: Finding men
“Relationship
status: In a relationship
“Sex:
Female
“Mobile
phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX
“Address:
6312 N. 19th Waco, TX 76708
“If
u love someone give all u can, if u don't get that back get rid of
that man!”
There
are two sisters depicted, Keri Nicole Schlasman-Cooper and Christina
Fuessel, and many friends.
A
young lady named Kristi Rodkey noted, “When someone you love dies,
you never quite get over it...”
They
both recalled in a Courthouse corridor interview while they waited to testify in another case that one of the men they arrested erupted in denials of any knowledge of the deadly trailer fire when
they served the warrant on him.
Said
retired Texas Ranger Matt Cawthon: “He got to blabbering, 'Is this
about a murder? A fire? I mean, this ain't for murder, is it?' And
nobody said anything about a murder. I told him, 'No, it's for fraud
or theft or something.' He kept blabbing it out, hollering from the
back seat that he didn't have anything to do with it.” Ranger
Cawthon is employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
Institutional Division. He is seconded to the Warrants task force.
According
to Waco Police Officer Steve Anderson, who is also attached to the
Fugitive Warrants squad, “Yeah, he was jicking. He was pretty wound
up, kept hollering about a fire or a murder - or something like
that.”
He
shook his head, amazed.
The really sad part of this whole situation is that Child Protective Services was informed weeks before this fire that these children were in danger and they did nothing to get them out of that house. The babies would still be alive if CPS had done their job. Tommy lost his children because they didn't help him. CPS should be held accountable also.
ReplyDeleteThe real question is WHY was she murdered ? It doesn't make any sense and from what I understand is that it is connected to something much deeper that this young lady was involved in with the same group of people that was being covered up ?...
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