A 13-year-old girl in England has been charged with the murder of a 43-year-old woman and arson with intent to endanger life, according to Northamptonshire Police. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested on Monday, March 11, after the body of Marta Bednarczyk, a mother of three, was discovered in a house on Newcomen Road.
Police and fire services responded to the scene shortly after 3 a.m. following reports of a fire. Upon entering the property, officers found Bednarczyk’s body, and paramedics pronounced her dead at 3:29 a.m. A preliminary post-mortem examination at Leicester Royal Infirmary revealed that the cause of death was a sharp force injury.
