Cranston police identify pregnant fire victim, seeking man
By The Associated Press
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CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) _ Cranston police are naming the woman found in a burning house Friday evening.
Col. Michael J. Winquist, the city’s police chief, issued a news release Saturday identifying 32-year-old Aliss Collins as the victim discovered by firefighters in a third-floor apartment.
Collins, a pregnant mother, was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where she and her unborn child were pronounced dead. Police said Collins lived at the apartment with a roommate.
The death is being treated as a possible homicide.
Winquist said firefighters were suspicious about the condition of Collins’ apartment, where the fire was contained.
Police are looking for a black male, approximately 240 pounds, wearing an orange or red hooded sweat shirt and black shorts.
The man was witnessed leaving the house and running down the street.
(c) The Associated Press / WLNE-TV 2015
