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Woman Charged In Deadly Fire

11-11-2009  Article by:

A Marion woman is facing charges of child endangerment following a May fire that killed two of her children.

20-year-old Cheyenne Tackett was arrested in Scioto County and brought back to Marion, where she pleaded not guilty to four counts of endangering a child on Tuesday in front of Marion County Common Pleas Judge Robert Davidson.

2-year-old Jacob Tackett and 8-month-old Madison Barrett were killed when their apartment at 236 Blaine Avenue caught fire on May 8th.

A 4-year old and 19-month old were rescued from the fire.

An investigation by the State Fire Marshall’s office found that one of the children caught a blanket on fire with a lighter.

Charges are also pending for Daniel Barrett, the father of Madison.

A call to the Marion County Prosecutor’s office was not returned as of press time.

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