A Grand Rapids mother has pleaded not guilty to setting her house on fire, but admitted she intended to die with her daughters "so they could be free."

A Michigan mother faces arson charges after investigators say she set fire to her home with her children inside.

A western Michigan woman is accused of setting a house fire that killed her 12-year-old daughter who was trapped in a bedroom.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A woman has been charged with arson and child abuse for a house fire she allegedly set that killed one of her three daughters. Roconda Singleton, 46, appeared for a virtual arraignment Tuesday, Jan. 28, and was charged with first-degree arson and three counts of second-degree child abuse.

A Michigan mother, Roconda Singleton, has been charged with arson and child abuse for allegedly setting a house fire that killed her 12-year-old daugh

The mother poured lighter fluid both upstairs and downstairs in the home, according to authorities, who called the case “unimaginably horrific.”

Shamiya Stewart has passed away from injuries sustained during the fire that police are saying they believe her mother set intentionally.

Shamiya Stewart died two days after a fire her mother allegedly admitted to setting off, per police A Michigan woman is in custody after police allege she set her house on fire with her three children inside,