BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo man has been charged with murder following a fire in the Elmwood Village that lead to the discovery of the bodies of his girlfriend and the couple's four-day-old child.
Kidane Haile, 30, was indicted Thursday on one count of second-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Kathleen Carrig. Haile pleaded not guilty in Erie County Court.
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Firefighters removed Carrig, an infant identified as Noah Carrig, and the defendant from a burning home in the 400 block of Norwood Avenue shortly after 8:30 Saturday morning. Carrig and the infant were both pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities say Haile was taken to the Erie County Medical Center with serious injuries.
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Prosecutors say Haile strangled Kathleen Carrig before setting fire to the couple's first-floor apartment with gasoline. The cause of death of Noah Carrig remains under investigation.
“The people intend to seek charges in respect to an additional victim in this case and intend to file a superseding indictment in the very near future,” a prosecutor said in court.
Haile is being held in the Erie County Holding Center without bail.
