Whitey Ford
08-09-2019, 12:56 AM
A 70-year-old Southern California man has been charged with three felonies in Minnesota -- including second-degree manslaughter -- after he put a hot cookstove in the back of his van, causing a fire that spread to another vehicle, killing a 6-year-old girl and critically injuring her sister, authorities say.
Investigators say Roberto Hipolito, of Long Beach, Calif., and his wife slept overnight in their van outside a Walmart in Fridley, Minn., a northern suburb of Minneapolis. Surveillance video shows Hipolito cooking something on the stove, then putting it in the van before going into the store.
Six-year-old Ty'rah White died Tuesday night while being treated at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Anoka County Sheriff's Lt. Daniel Douglas told the Star Tribune. Her 9-year-old sister, Taraji White, remained in critical condition at the same hospital on Wednesday evening, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The girls' mother, 33-year-old Essie McKenzie of Coon Rapids, Minn., said Ty'rah was "such a bright kid" with "a huge personality," and said her daughter "loved people."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/6-year-old-girl-dies-in-car-fire-after-man-leaves-cook-stove-too-close-to-van
Investigators say Roberto Hipolito, of Long Beach, Calif., and his wife slept overnight in their van outside a Walmart in Fridley, Minn., a northern suburb of Minneapolis. Surveillance video shows Hipolito cooking something on the stove, then putting it in the van before going into the store.
Six-year-old Ty'rah White died Tuesday night while being treated at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Anoka County Sheriff's Lt. Daniel Douglas told the Star Tribune. Her 9-year-old sister, Taraji White, remained in critical condition at the same hospital on Wednesday evening, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The girls' mother, 33-year-old Essie McKenzie of Coon Rapids, Minn., said Ty'rah was "such a bright kid" with "a huge personality," and said her daughter "loved people."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/6-year-old-girl-dies-in-car-fire-after-man-leaves-cook-stove-too-close-to-van