FORT ATKINSON, Wis. — A woman is facing multiple charges for her alleged connection to a fatal Fort Atkinson fire.
Online court records show Elizabeth M. Durkee has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation and suffocation, arson of a building and mutilating a corpse.
Durkee was arrested over the weekend after emergency crews responded Friday morning to 415 Foster St. for a report of a fire. When first responders arrived, they found a woman dead inside the home.
The victim of the fire has not yet been identified.
Later that night, around midnight, state authorities issued an AMBER Alert for a missing 2-year-old. Authorities said Durkee was seen leaving the scene of the fire with the 2-year-old, who police said was in great danger.
The AMBER Alert was canceled roughly a half hour after it was issued. Police did not say who the 2-year-old was found with.
During Durkee’s first court appearance Tuesday, a judge found probable cause and set a cash bond of $1 million. Durkee’s next appearance is scheduled for Aug. 6 at 8:30 a.m.
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