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Grandmother accused of killing kids, setting house on fire

Jacqueline Sanders, 54, is accused of killing two of her granchildren and setting her house on fire.
Jacqueline Sanders, 54, is accused of killing two of her granchildren and setting her house on fire.
By Raisa Habersham
Aug 5, 2016

A grandmother is accused of killing two of her grandchildren and then setting her home on fire, officials say.

Jacqueline Sanders, 54, killed her 6-year-old granddaughter Zakyria Sanders in her bed and set her home fire, killing herself and her grandson 7-year-old Jaylan Barr, Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards told the Albany Herald.

The incident happened Wednesday along Doublegate Drive.

Another grandson, 10-year-old Isaiah Gates, was stabbed but survived, Edwards said. Gates was found stuffed in the trunk of a car and had been there for about 12 hours before authorities found him, the newspaper reported.

Sanders and Barr were found unresponsive near a back door, but later died at a hospital.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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