A Bronx woman has been indicted on charges stemming from the April 13 deaths of her young daughters, who were alone in their apartment when a fire erupted.
Haya Konte, 27, was indicted on two counts of criminally negligent homicide and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. She was arraigned this week before Bronx Supreme Court Justice William Mogulescu. Konte was released on her own recognizance after surrendering her passport and is due back in court Sept. 7.
On the night of April 13, Konte left her daughters Jainabu Jabbie, 2, and Adama Jabbie, 18 months, alone in their apartment at the Butler Houses while she went to do laundry across the street. Incense was left burning in two places in the home and ignited a fire that swept through the apartment and killed the sisters.
