Seven Die in Fire Linked to Plan to Get Abortion
United Press International
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. —
A teen-ager upset that his pregnant girlfriend planned to get an abortion allegedly set fire to her house early Wednesday, killing her and six others, authorities said.
The house is about a block from a fire station, but the blaze spread so quickly that the building was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived, officials said.
Walter Lee Craig, 18, was charged with aggravated murder and aggravated arson and ordered held on $250,000 bail.
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