The mother who admitted to setting fire to her Grand Rapids home while her children were inside is facing an additional charge after her daughter died. (Jan. 29, 2025)

A 12-year-old child who has been in critical condition since a Saturday morning fire at a Grand Rapids home died Monday evening at a nearby hospital. The Grand Rapids Press/MLive is not naming the child at this time as her mother is facing criminal charges as a result of the fire and the mother is yet to be arraigned.

The mother who admitted to setting fire to her Grand Rapids home while her children were inside is facing an additional charge after her daughter died.

Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said a murder charge was added after one of Roconda Singleton's three daughters died of injuries in the fire.

The mother told Grand Rapids officials she removed all the smoke alarms before setting the house on fire while her three daughters were asleep.

A western Michigan woman is accused of setting a house fire that killed her 12-year-old daughter who was trapped in a bedroom

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A 46-year-old woman is accused of deliberately setting her home on fire while three of her children were inside, Grand Rapids police said. Two children – ages 7 and 10 – have been treated and released from care while a 12-year-old remains hospitalized in critical condition.

A 46-year-old mother faces criminal charges after investigators say she set fire to her home, harming three of her own children.

A Grand Rapids woman is in custody after one of her three children died in a fire that police said she deliberately set over the weekend. Officials said first responders were called at about 7:20 a.m.