Boy charged in foster home fire that killed 2 boys
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) - Snohomish County prosecutors have charged a 12-year-old boy suspected of starting a 2008 fire that killed two boys in a foster home near Arlington.
The boy was charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree manslaughter Friday in the juvenile division of Snohomish County Superior Court.
The Herald of Everett reports the boy told detectives he was playing with a lighter in his bedroom and accidentally set fire to bedsheets he was using for a fort.
The fire killed 10-year-old Tyler Emory and 11-year-old Kyler Williams.
Deputy prosecutor John Stansell says investigators don't believe the boy intended to start the fire. He says the boy was charged in way that would allow him to enter a deferred prosecution.
The boy was charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree manslaughter Friday in the juvenile division of Snohomish County Superior Court.
The Herald of Everett reports the boy told detectives he was playing with a lighter in his bedroom and accidentally set fire to bedsheets he was using for a fort.
The fire killed 10-year-old Tyler Emory and 11-year-old Kyler Williams.
Deputy prosecutor John Stansell says investigators don't believe the boy intended to start the fire. He says the boy was charged in way that would allow him to enter a deferred prosecution.
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