Overview
- The blaze at a home on the 200 block of 15th Street, which broke out Tuesday night, left four family members dead and multiple homes uninhabitable.
- Authorities arrested 32-year-old Sergio Ivan Rivera-Vega at the scene and the Contra Costa County district attorney has filed murder and arson charges against him.
- Victims include Rivera-Vega’s 47-year-old father, his 5-year-old nephew, his 2-year-old niece, and the children’s 33-year-old mother who later died in hospital.
- Police say there is no evidence the victims were shot or stabbed before the fire and investigators are examining the sequence of two nearby blazes that same evening to establish motive and cause.
- The family has launched a GoFundMe that has raised tens of thousands of dollars for funerals and immediate needs as the case moves toward arraignment and possible life terms if convicted.