A mother was arrested on a charge of criminally negligent homicide after
allegedly leaving her kids home alone while washing laundry, according
to police in New York.
The New York Police Department said that they have arrested 27-year-old
Haya Konte of the Bronx, after her two little children died in a fire
that broke out in their home.
Konte has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and
endangering the welfare of a child. She was released from custody
without bail.
According to the police investigation, Konte left her daughters, Jainabu
Jabbie, 2, and Adama Jabbie, 1, alone in their apartment at 1368
Webster Avenue in the Butler Houses, while she went to do laundry across
the street.
Incense was left burning in two places in the home, and ignited a fire that swept through the apartment and killed the girls.
