KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Three charges of involuntary manslaughter have been added in the case of a Kalamazoo apartment fire that killed three young children in February.
Fred Glespie, 19, was originally charged with three counts of second-degree child abuse for allegedly leaving the children at Interfaith Apartments prior to the blaze. Three-year-old twins Taniyah and Tevin Williams and their 1-year-old sister Tyonna Henderson died; a fourth child survived and been removed from her mother’s custody.
In addition to the three involuntary manslaughter charges, the judge also OK’d an additional charge of second-degree child abuse requested by prosecutors at a preliminary hearing in late July.
The children’s mother, Jonetta Woods, said she left them with Glespie, her boyfriend, while she went out for a few minutes.
