A mother in Peachtree Corners has been charged with murder in the death of her 6-year-old son.
Police officers and the fire department were called to an apartment complex in Gwinnett County just before 8am on October 19, in response to a fire.
A resident on the upper level called when they heard a fire alarm coming from a unit on the ground floor.A'zaria Shante Burton was charged with murder after her 6-year-old son was found stabbed in a house fire. Firefighters got into the unit and reportedly found two small fires and an unresponsive 6-year-old boy with multiple stab wounds. He was taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta where he later died, police said.
Around 9.15am, police said they found a woman behind the building with no shoes and wet clothes. She was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and was later questioned by police.Police and the fire department were called to the apartment. Gwinnett PD says that same woman, identified as 23-year-old A'zaria Shante Burton, has been charged with Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Arson 1st Degree, Aggravated Assault, Tampering with Evidence, Possession of a Knife during the Commission of Certain Crimes, and Cruelty to Children 1st Degree.The victim has been identified as Burton's six-year-old son, Jayveon Pruitt.
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