A grand jury has indicted two women on negligence-related charges for carelessly discarding smoking materials that .
Mary “Liz” Turner, 31, and Shana “Dee” Moore, 47, were indicted Tuesday on charges of negligent child abuse causing death, criminal negligence in the death of an at-risk adult, criminally negligent homicide and criminal negligence resulting in serious bodily injury.
A disabled man was also seriously injured during the fire, according to a news release by District Attorney Peter Weir.
Turner and Moore have been ordered to turn themselves in to the Jefferson County jail. They will be released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond, the news release says.
The “home providers” were on a porch outside a home at 6152 Robb St. smoking cigarettes on May 13, 2016, when they placed cigarette butts in an empty cigarette box in a drawer in a bamboo table, Weir’s news release says.
The cigarette butts smoldered, then ignited, causing a fire on the front porch. The fire spread to the home, the news release says.
Tanya Bell, a disabled woman; Cristina Covington, Moore’s daughter and Covington’s 4-year-old daughter were killed in the fire.
The residence is a host home owned by Parker Personal Care Homes, which employed Bell and Covington.
Moore’s daughter and granddaughter were visiting the home overnight that evening, the news release says.
