Woman Was Burning Ex-Boyfriend Piccture When She Burned Down Her House, Killing Her Four Kids.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- An upstate New York woman charged with arson and manslaughter in connection with a fire that killed four of her children reportedly told investigators the blaze started when she set pictures of her boyfriend on fire inside her house.

The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester reports Monday that 31-year-old Bobbie Kugler told police she tossed the burning photos on a dresser filled with combustible materials. The newspaper says the account is contained in a felony complaint charging Kugler with fourth-degree arson and four counts of second-degree manslaughter.

Kugler was arrested Friday and has pleaded not guilty. She's being held in Monroe County Jail on $300,000 bail. She's due in Rochester City Court on Wednesday.



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Mom Sets Fire To Her Home That Killed Her Four Children.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A mother who was rescued from a house fire that killed four of her children was charged Friday with setting the fire, but authorities would say little about how or why.

Bobbie Kugler, 31, was scheduled to be arraigned in Rochester City Court Saturday on four counts of manslaughter and arson, Fire Chief John Caufield said at a news conference.

Kugler is the mother of 14-year-old Gage Reavey, 13-year-old Greg Kugler, 12-year-old Kandee Kugler and 6-year-old Kaiden Kugler. All died in the Feb. 18 fire in their two-story Rochester home.

Firefighters rescued the mother and her 2-year-old son, Tyron Jackson, from the first floor.

"This fire is a result of human intervention. This was not an accidental fire," Caufield said.

Fire officials said the blaze began in a first-floor bedroom but declined to say how it started or elaborate on the mother's involvement or motive, citing the pending legal case.

"She is being charged specifically with arson, that being setting a fire and causing the death of her four children," Deputy Chief Mike Wood said.

Charges of manslaughter, he said, stem from "recklessly causing the death of another human being."

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