A 26-year-old woman found by firefighters in the entryway of her burning apartment Sunday had been fatally stabbed, the
After the fire was out, the firefighters found the body of the woman’s 1-year-old son inside, officials and neighbors said.
The medical examiner identified the woman as
The fire at the
Firefighters tried to revive Gandy, according to neighbors who saw the fire. She was pronounced dead at
The fire appeared to have started in the child’s bedroom, but the investigation was not finished Monday, Assistant Fire Chief
Two other apartments were damaged, he said.
A woman moving her belongings from one of those units Monday said that a friend who was grilling Sunday night started to smell something that was more like burning plastic than burning charcoal. The man looked around and saw smoke coming from Gandy’s downstairs unit, said the woman, who asked not to be identified because of the ongoing investigation.
“”He called 911 while I went upstairs and knocked on some doors to let people know they needed to get out,”” she said.
Gandy had lived in the complex for less than three months, said
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