Authorities say Karin Ziolkowski set two fires in her Davis Street home using Tiki torch oil after suffocating her 8-year-old son to death last November. She reportedly drugged her son with an antihistamine before killing him.
On Friday, Ziolkowski, 41, was charged with murder and second-degree arson. She was taken into custody in North Carolina, where she was staying.
A fire marshal’s report released Monday sheds more light on the Nov. 14, 2016, fire at 13 Davis St. City officials previously refused to release the report. Firefighters responded to calls of smoke coming from the home at about 7:20 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2016, and broke their way inside after neighbors reported Ziolkowski and her 8-year-old son, Elijah, were inside. Both were found in a rear bedroom.