A Lafayette woman is under arrest following a Monday morning house fire in the 200 block of Latin Dr. that left one person dead and two others injured.
As a result of a joint investigation by the Lafayette Fire Department and the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office, 23-year-old Kalayshia Lagrange was arrested on multiple charges.
Lagrange is facing one count of Second Degree Murder and two counts of Attempted Second Degree Murder in connection with the fire in which Malayshia Conley, 19, was killed.
We reached out to the Lafayette Coroner's Office for a cause of death on Conley, and they told us that the preliminary finding - which could change following additional tests, including toxicology - was "Inhalation of Products of Combustion and Thermal Injuries." The manner of death was determined to be homicide.
Lagrange was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on the aforementioned charges.
KATC Investigates took a look at Lagrange's criminal record and found that she was wanted on a bench warrant the day of the fire. She had pleaded guilty back in January to a plea deal and had received a suspended eight-year sentence and placed on probation. After she allegedly failed to follow her probation orders, officials filed to revoke her probation - but she didn't show up for court.
The records show she was accused of aggravated second-degree battery on one person and aggravated battery with scissors on another, both in July 2023. She pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree battery, records show.
