Sabrina Dunigan has been charged in connection with the deaths of all her kids on the morning of her 34th birthday.

An Illinois mother has been charged with five counts of endangering the life or health of a child after all five of her children died in an apartment fire in August.

The tragedy took place on the morning of Sabrina Dunigan‘s 34th birthday.

In an interview with The Post-Dispatch, Sabrina Dunigan shared that her previous home had also caught fire. She said she suspected an ex-boyfriend of starting that blaze in which no one was injured. However, she does not suspect arson in the August fire that killed her children, noting that only she and her father had keys to the home.

In the charging documents, prosecutors in St. Clair County are alleging that Sabrina “knowingly caused or permitted a child to be placed in circumstances that endangered the child’s life or health.”

Endangering the life or health of a child is a misdemeanor in Illinois, unless it is a person’s second offense or if a child dies after being put in danger. The deaths of her five children mean Sabrina Dunigan is being charged with five felonies. Each count is punishable by two to 10 years in prison. However, as in her case, a parent charged after their child dies may be sentenced to probation.

The cause of August’s deadly fire in East St. Louis, Illinois — which is eight minutes away from St. Louis, Missouri — is still under investigation.

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