An illegal immigrant who was deported three times has been charged with setting the California fire that killed a mother and her two young children, according to police.
Jose Carmen Cardona, 59, was arrested Friday and charged in the June 25 camper fire in Stockton that killed 32-year-old Lisbeth Gutierrez-Salazar and her two sons — Juan Gutierrez-Salazar, 10, and Julian Cardona-Gutierrez, 7, San Joaquin County prosecutors said in a release.
Police said Cardona was in a relationship with the victim.