Detectives suspect a 32-year-old Santa Rosa man started the deadly fire that trapped and killed his mother in their family’s home, Sonoma County sheriff’s officials said Monday.
Ian Stamp may not have intended to kill his mother, but evidence of a flammable substance in the area of his bedroom indicates he started the 12:30 p.m. Sunday blaze at the Santa Rose Mobile Estates on Brooks Avenue off East Robles Avenue, Sgt. Spencer Crum said.
Stamp and his father escaped the fire, but his mother Elizabeth Stamp, 66, became trapped.
Firefighters found her body near a bathroom in the back of the residence.