The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has determined that a mother and her 9-month-old son who were found when firefighters responded to a fire at their Wallingford in April were victims of homicide and the death of the baby’s father was a suicide.
Firefighters responded to the multifamily home on Geneva Avenue on April 17.
Days after the fire, police said that Karizmah Johnson, 19, and her son 9-month-old Kylenn Varnado died before the fire started at their Geneve Avenue home and they were treating the case as a suspicious death investigation.
Karizmah Johnson and Kylenn Varnado both died of homicidal asphyxia, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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Justin Varnado died of complications of thermal injuries and his death has been ruled a suicide.
According to police, Justin Varnado had been arrested on domestic violence charges a few weeks before the fire and a protective order had been issued banning him from the home.
