Illinois Woman Charged in August Fire Deaths of Her 5 Kids

Illinois Woman Charged in August Fire Deaths of Her 5 Kids
Police investigate the murder of a young man found shot to death in the back seat of a bullet-riddled car in Chicago, IL, on June 30, 2017. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.—A woman has been charged with child endangerment in the August fire deaths of her five young children, who she allegedly left in a southwest Illinois apartment without adult supervision.

Sabrina Dunigan, 34, of East St. Louis, faces five felony counts of endangering the life/health of a child in St. Clair County, and online court records indicate there are pending grand jury actions in the case, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.