Police: Mom Told Kids To 'Stay In Bed' As House Burned
Woman Faces Murder Charges
POSTED: 6:56 am EST January 18, 2006
MIDLAND, N.C. -- Investigators say a North Carolina woman instructed her two young children to stay on the bed as she fled the family's burning home.
That woman is now charged with murder. Lisa Louise Greene, 40, is being held without bond.
She applied for a court-appointed attorney at a hearing Tuesday attended by her friends and family.
Detectives used Greene's statements to persuade a judge to let them search her home for blood, DNA and substances that could be used to ignite a fire.
The search warrant detailed some of the inconsistencies that Cabarrus County Sheriff Brad Riley said led to Greene's arrest. She told firefighters she saw fire only inside the children's room, but the warrant said there was no evidence of burning or charring inside the room.
Talking with a 911 dispatcher as the house burned, Greene also said the door to the children's room was closed. She later said Addison was on the bed and Daniel was on the floor. She said they had been watching a movie and had a lit candle in their room.
Greene also told investigators the fire was so severe she couldn't help the children.
But the search warrant said, "The fire could not have reached the level of severity claimed by Ms. Greene at that time, considering the timeframe and the actual damage to the dwelling."
Addison Macemore, 8, and her 10-year-old brother, Daniel, died in the Jan. 10 fire.
Greene is also charged with arson, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Woman Faces Murder Charges
POSTED: 6:56 am EST January 18, 2006
MIDLAND, N.C. -- Investigators say a North Carolina woman instructed her two young children to stay on the bed as she fled the family's burning home.
That woman is now charged with murder. Lisa Louise Greene, 40, is being held without bond.
She applied for a court-appointed attorney at a hearing Tuesday attended by her friends and family.
Detectives used Greene's statements to persuade a judge to let them search her home for blood, DNA and substances that could be used to ignite a fire.
The search warrant detailed some of the inconsistencies that Cabarrus County Sheriff Brad Riley said led to Greene's arrest. She told firefighters she saw fire only inside the children's room, but the warrant said there was no evidence of burning or charring inside the room.
Talking with a 911 dispatcher as the house burned, Greene also said the door to the children's room was closed. She later said Addison was on the bed and Daniel was on the floor. She said they had been watching a movie and had a lit candle in their room.
Greene also told investigators the fire was so severe she couldn't help the children.
But the search warrant said, "The fire could not have reached the level of severity claimed by Ms. Greene at that time, considering the timeframe and the actual damage to the dwelling."
Addison Macemore, 8, and her 10-year-old brother, Daniel, died in the Jan. 10 fire.
Greene is also charged with arson, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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