24-year-old Jessica Tata from Texas, is
facing life in prison for the death of the
four young kids who were left in her care.
Prosecutors allege that she went shopping
at Walmart while leaving her daycare
children home alone, when a fire broke
out killing four young children.
Tata was seen on the security cameras
shopping at Walmart. It is believed that
the fire started after Tata left a frying pan
with oil on a stove while she went out to
run errands.
Two days after the incident, Tata fled to
Nigeria. She was later arrested and
extradited to the United States after a
joint effort of the U.S. Marshals and
Interpol.
The fire killed Shomari Dickerson, Kendyll
Stradford, Elias Castillo and Elizabeth
Kajoh, all less than three years old. Three
other children in her care were left in
critical condition and they were taken to
the Shriner’s burn hospital.
Tracy Storms, who lost her grandson
Shomari in the fire, told reporters: “Sorry,
there is no forgiveness for anyone who
makes an income watching children and
has an audacity to leave them alone even
for a second. I don’t understand how this
woman can look herself in the mirror
knowing that she destroyed seven
children.”
This was not her first brush with fire. In
2002 Tata was accused of setting fire to
the building of her schools. “We were told
that Jessica had set a fire in not one but
two places. She had set fire to the east
wing and the west wing with toilet paper
hanging from the ceiling,” a classmate
said.
Tata is facing life in prison for murder,
reckless injury and neglect, but her
lawyers are arguing that she never
intended to harm the children, therefore
a murder charge is too harsh.
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