Overview
- Danozjna Shalita Marjie Williams, arrested May 6, remains jailed without bail after a May 8 arraignment, with a preliminary hearing set for May 28.
- Investigators say Williams left the Erie apartment to facilitate a drug transaction and was gone for about 50 minutes when the fire started.
- The March 29 fire killed her children, with two dying that day and a third dying April 3 after being flown to a Pittsburgh hospital.
- Authorities believe the blaze began in the second-floor kitchen, and court records say a mattress and a couch blocked key entry points for firefighters; the exact cause is still under review.
- After the deaths, a GoFundMe launched by a family friend passed $15,000 to help cover the children’s burial costs.