Police have identified the woman and child who died following a house fire Saturday at the same house where a 2019 double-homicide occurred.
Jacqueline Baber-Bey, 65, and Emareyon Cummings, 5, were both pulled from the home by firefighters. Baber-Bey was pronounced dead at the scene, while Cummings died later at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.
The two victims were both Grand Rapids residents. Authorities responded to the fire around 9 a.m. Saturday, July 11, at the 500 block of Sheldon Ave. The entire structure was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, according to a news release from Grand Rapids Fire Department.
Lt. Bill Smith, of Grand Rapids Fire Department, told MLive Monday, July 13 that the investigation remains ongoing.
The house was the scene of a double-homicide in March 2019 and police are still looking for a suspect wanted for murder.