Jackson County Medical Examiner rules fatal apartment fire in Kansas City, Missouri, as homicide

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, residence hearth that left one man useless in October has been dominated a murder.

The Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, Police Division, confirmed Monday that the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s workplace formally dominated the hearth, which passed off within the early morning hours of Oct. 17, within the 900 block of Benton Boulevard, as a murder.

The fireplace was initially dominated as suspicious earlier than the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s workplace made the choice.

KCFD helped round a dozen folks escape from balconies of the residence constructing utilizing ladders.

Nonetheless, one man, Stanley Singleton, 45, died within the hearth.

As many as 27 folks have been displaced within the blaze.

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