Friday, March 4, 2011

A black day care owner is among the U.S. Marshals Service's "most wanted,"after she carelessly started a fire that killed four children and then fled

The federal agency added Jessica Tata to its "15 Most Wanted" fugitive list, cautioning the public that she should be considered "armed and dangerous." Houston fire department investigators twice tried to talk to the 22-year-old Tata on February 25, 2011 the day after the blaze in which seven children were trapped inside the home day care. She initially refused and then, later that day, referred all questions to her lawyer - the last known contact between her and law enforcement. A U.S. Marshals task force later discovered that Tata flew to Georgia, and officials have said that they believe she may have gone on to Nigeria. She subsequently was charged with six counts of reckless injury to a child, three counts of abandoning a child under 15 and four counts of manslaughter - one apiece for the four children's deaths. Another three children were injured, but survived. In addition, the U.S. Marshals release notes that Tata is also wanted for "unlawful flight to avoid prosecution."

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