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Kerriele McDonald

Case from Flora, IN dated Nov 21, 2016

Victim Details

Kerriele McDonald

July 22, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Flora

IN

2016-11-21

7

Kerriele

McDonald

Brown

Brown

07/17/2026


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Arson leads to death of 4 children
In the small town of Flora, Indiana, a devastating fire in the early morning hours of November 21, 2016, claimed the lives of four young sisters, including 7-year-old Kerriele McDonald. The girls, Keyana Davis, 11, Keyara Phillips, 9, Kerriele McDonald, 7, and Kionnie Welch, 5, were asleep in their home when the blaze erupted. Their mother, Gaylin Rose, was injured in the fire but survived.

Investigators quickly determined that the fire was not an accident, but a deliberate act of arson. ...
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  • Site of deadly 2016 house fire likely to be destroyed, records - WTHR
  • Flora Fire | Remembering the four sisters killed in intentionally set fire
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