Tragic Missouri Murder-Suicide: Mother Sets House Ablaze, Killing Herself and Four Children
Ferguson, Missouri – A devastating house fire took the lives of a mother and her four children, leaving authorities to suspect a tragic murder-suicide. The St. Louis County Police Department reported that Bernadine Pruessner, 39, along with her children Ivy Pruessner, 9; Ellie Pruessner, 9; Jackson Spader, 6; and Millie Spader, 2, perished in the blaze. Investigations pointed towards the possibility that the fire was intentionally started by the mother, as the point of origin …