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May
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May
10, 2007
No
smoke detectors in fatal house fire
By
Michelle Hunters
An
Old Jefferson couple and their teenage daughter were killed in an early
morning fire that destroyed their house. A teen-age son survived.
Firefighters
said they found no smoke detectors in the house at 204 Coolidge St., one
block east of Ochsner Medical Center.
Tau
Lambda brothers William Rudolf, Bo Reily and Kevin Rafferty have established an account at the
Whitney National Bank in New Orleans for the future needs of
Mike and Lisa's son, Mikey, who survived the fire.
Details
are here.
Please
remember Brother Owens and his family in your prayers.
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Neighbors
identified the victims as Michael Owens, 44; his wife, Lisa, 41, and
their daughter, Katie, 15. A son, known to friends as Mikey, 13, escaped
by jumping from a first-floor window and was admitted to Ochsner for
smoke inhalation and cuts.
Officials
from the East Bank Consolidated Fire Department said they learned of the
fire about 4:30 a.m. It took firefighters almost an hour to douse the
two-alarm blaze.
When
they arrived on scene, firefighters found flames fully engulfing the
house, said George Rigamer, spokesman for the department. They broke
through the front door after neighbors confirmed the rest of the family
was still inside.
"It was already too late," Rigamer said.
Firefighters
found Michael Owens' body in the front
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MEMORIAL
ARRANGEMENTS
Monday,
May 14, 2007
Visitation:
11:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Funeral
Service for Mike, Lisa and Katie Owens
1:00
p.m.
St.
Francis Xavier Church
444 Metairie Road
Metairie
,
LA
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hallway near the door, he said.
Katie Owens was in a room to the right of the hall, and Lisa Owens' body
was found in her upstairs bedroom
The
cause of the fire was still unknown. Investigators from the East Bank
Consolidated department and the state fire marshal's office were sifting
through the rubble about 8:30 a.m.
The
backside of the house was destroyed, with only the blackened wood frame
visible. The vinyl siding on the house had melted, and the grass in the
backyard was singed from the heat.
Neighbors
said Michael Owens was a landscaper and Lisa a homemaker. Katie was a
freshman at St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans. Mikey is
enrolled at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Old Metairie.
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