Arson & Murder Attempt Med for Depression 24/06/2004 Florida Mother Torches House with her Children Inside
 
 Summary:<br><br><!--StartFragment -->Paragraph five reads: <strong>&quot;Family members told police that Ammaturo had been depressed and was placed on medication, WKMG-TV in Orlando reported. She also told her children that they would &quot;go to heaven,&quot; family members said&quot;. <br /><br /><br /></strong><a href="http://www.news4jax.com/news/3455132/detail.html">http://www.news4jax.com/news/3455132/detail.html<br /><br /></a><strong>CASSELBERRY, Fla. -- </strong>An 35-year-old Casselberry woman is charged with torching her own home while her kids were inside. <br /><br />Officials say no one was hurt in Wednesday&#39;s arson fire. They say the two children ran from the burning house, while one called 911 to say his mother had set the place ablaze. <br /><br />Seminole County investigators say suspect Santina Facchini Ammaturo has a history of mental illness. She&#39;s being held without bond, accused of arson to an occupied structure and two counts of aggravated child abuse. <br /><br />Ammaturo&#39;s 11-year-old son says his mother spread gasoline in the house and then touched it off. <br /><br />Family members told police that Ammaturo had been depressed and was placed on medication, WKMG-TV in Orlando reported. She also told her children that they would &quot;go to heaven,&quot; family members said. <br /><br />The children were turned over to their father, who also lived in the house. He wasn&#39;t home when the fire broke out. <br /> 
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