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A Pittsburgh woman is on the run with her lesbian lover after her two young children died following a blaze that ripped through their Pittsburgh home last month, police said.
KiDonn Pollard-Ford, 7, was pronounced dead after being found beneath a pile of blankets. 4-year-old KrisDon Pollard-Williams was found hiding under his crib, and was resuscitated, but died at the hospital two days later.
The two boys died of smoke inhalation after they became trapped in their apartment behind a steel door that was deadbolted.
“There was a deadbolt on a steel door,” Assistant County Police Superintendent Jim Morton said. “(Firefighters) tried to open that door so many times, but they weren’t able to do so until the fire company came with a ram, and they had to force that door.”
The 27-year-old is charged with endangering the welfare of children and tampering with a fire apparatus, according to WTAE 4 News in Pittsburgh.
Kiaira Pollard is believed to be on the run with 33-year-old Dayna Kenney, and both “have ties to the local exotic dancing industry,” Lt. Andrew Schurman told WTAE. Kenney is not being charged at this point.
Pollard initially told investigators that she removed the batteries from the fire alarm because it kept going off while she cooked.
Update: Kiaira Pollard who was on the lam from the law for two weeks has turned herself in, according to Pittsburgh resident Jami Alston. Pollard was accompanied by her attorney when she surrendered to Allegheny police yesterday (July 13). Her attorney described Pollard as “distraught” over the death of her sons.
This is a tragedy for all involved,” said Ms. Pollard’s attorney, Fred Rabner, who accompanied her to police headquarters and later to the county jail. Mr. Rabner said she has been too distraught to provide him many facts about the case.
Despite the charges, he said, “She is also a mother of two children. No matter what she did or did not do, she lost her babies.” Source
