A Cadiz woman has been charged with two counts of manslaughter in connection to a house fire earlier this year that killed her two small children.
30-year-old Keyona Bingham was indicted by a Trigg County grand jury on two counts of second-degree manslaughter, which are Class C felonies.
The charges stem from an April 7 house fire on Jefferson Street that killed Bingham’s children, three-year-old Kamari Harris and seven-month-old Ky’nylee Harris.
Kentucky State Police said Bingham left her children alone in the home and went three blocks away to a family member’s home to get a Lortab tablet. When she returned, she told police the house was in flames. The state fire marshal investigated the fire with no cause released.
Bingham was questioned by police and charged hours later with wanton endangerment. The grand jury indicted on the manslaughter charges, which is a wanton cause of death. Bingham could face 5-10 years in prison if convicted.
Bingham was lodged in the Christian County Jail on a $10,000 cash bond.
