Advertisement“There was so much heat coming out of the building,” Murrieta Fire Chief Bernard Molloy told The Times this month. Nearly three months after the Dec. 20 fire killed their daughters, Hales and Keenan are now facing felony charges in their deaths. “She couldn’t get back inside.”The declaration alleges that both Hales and Keenan had methamphetamine and cannabis in their systems. In 2022, Hales’ oldest child, Breden, was killed in a car accident, according to a GoFundMe established to support the family. Advertisement“The pain is unimaginable,” Jessica Hales, who identified herself as a member of Hales’ extended family, wrote in a social media post.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 24, 2026 09:20 UTC