US hunts for day care boss
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March 6, 2011, Sunday
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A day care operator accused of leaving the children she was watching alone when a fire broke out at the facility has been charged with manslaughter in the deaths of four of them, United States federal officials said.
The US Marshals Service announced on Friday in a news release that the new indictments were handed down on Thursday by a grand jury in Houston. She had already been charged with seven counts of reckless injury to a child and three counts of abandoning a child.
Authorities believe Tata, 22, a US citizen, fled to Nigeria before she could be charged in the case.
Investigators say Tata was shopping and had left the seven children she was taking care of alone on February 24 when the fire began. They say surveillance video shows she was at a nearby Target store at the time.
Investigators believe the fire was started by a stove top burner that had been left on. Tata told investigators the fire started in the kitchen while she was in the bathroom.
The blaze also injured three other children.
The US Marshals Service, which is leading the search for Tata, has put the day care operator on its list of the 15 most wanted fugitives.
The US Marshals Service announced on Friday in a news release that the new indictments were handed down on Thursday by a grand jury in Houston. She had already been charged with seven counts of reckless injury to a child and three counts of abandoning a child.
Authorities believe Tata, 22, a US citizen, fled to Nigeria before she could be charged in the case.
Investigators say Tata was shopping and had left the seven children she was taking care of alone on February 24 when the fire began. They say surveillance video shows she was at a nearby Target store at the time.
Investigators believe the fire was started by a stove top burner that had been left on. Tata told investigators the fire started in the kitchen while she was in the bathroom.
The blaze also injured three other children.
The US Marshals Service, which is leading the search for Tata, has put the day care operator on its list of the 15 most wanted fugitives.
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