PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Putnam County woman was indicted by a grand jury Friday in the death of her child following a 2022 house fire.
Megan L. Kincaid is charged with child neglect resulting in death and child neglect creating a risk of injury following a 2022 house fire that killed her 2-year-old son, according to an indictment filed in Putnam County Circuit Court.
Deputies said that the child and Kincaid were rescued from a home on Beech Street in Eleanor. Both were taken to local hospitals where the boy later died, the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators at the time said they were immediately treating the case as more than just a house fire due to allegations surrounding the home.
“We’re not looking at an arson necessarily, maybe something like a neglect," Putnam County Sheriff Bobby Eggleton said at the time.
No information was immediately available on when Kincaid’s next court appearance would be.