Trial of Michael Morgan now underway, accused in arson that killed 2 children
MILWAUKEE -- The trial for a man charged in connection with an arson fire that killed two children is back on. Opening statements were held on Monday, September 12th for 27-year-old Michael Morgan.
Morgan's trial was suspended last week -- after a key witness did not show up for the beginning of the trial. That witness was eventually found -- and he is being held in the Milwaukee County Jail on unrelated charges.
Morgan is accused of setting a fire that killed two children in October 2015. The arson fire happened at a home near 36th and Silver Spring Drive early on October 20th — around 2:00 a.m. Six children had to be rescued from the burning home — four of them by their grandmother.
Morgan’s stepson, 10-year-old Kevin Little, and Little’s cousin, two-year-old Tae-najah Morgan, died as a result of the fire. Tae’najah Morgan died one day later, and Kevin Little died on November 8th at the hospice facility where he was being cared for.
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Kevin Little and Tae'najah Morgan
Evidence of an accelerant was found throughout the home’s first floor — in the front room, hallway and master bedroom. A gasoline container was found misplaced (under the kitchen sink), and gasoline remained on some items.
Morgan faces the following criminal charges in this case: