Home Searched In Fatal Fire Investigation

BOSTON -- Boston police searched a housing project Friday and focused on a woman who was seen in the building just after a fatal fire in a nearby home that claimed the lives of two siblings.

NewsCenter 5's Kelley Tuthill reported that Boston police detectives spent several hours in and around 64 W. Seventh St. in South Boston. They carried several bags of evidence out of the Boston Housing Authority building as an accelerant-sniffing dog walked around the building.

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The home where 14-year-old Acia Johnson and her 2-year-old sister, Sophia, were found dead remained a place of sad mourning and intense investigation.

The fast-moving fire is still under investigation, but The Boston Globe reported that the girls' mother, Anna Reisopolous, 34, had a fight earlier in the evening. Court documents show Reisopolous was arrested in January for allegedly assaulting Nicole Chuminski, 25, who was described as Reisopolous' girlfriend of two months.

Reisopolous was accused of punching and threatening to kill Chuminski, who also has a criminal past. The case was set to go to trial in May.