A Grand Rapids mother has pleaded not guilty to setting her house on fire, but admitted she intended to die with her daughters "so they could be free."

Roconda Singleton told police that her intentions were "to die with her three daughters so they could be free."

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A woman has been charged with arson and child abuse for a house fire she allegedly set that killed one of her three daughters. Roconda Singleton, 46, appeared for a virtual arraignment Tuesday, Jan. 28, and was charged with first-degree arson and three counts of second-degree child abuse.

The mother who admitted to setting fire to her Grand Rapids home while her children were inside is facing an additional charge after her daughter died.

Shamiya Stewart has passed away from injuries sustained during the fire that police are saying they believe her mother set intentionally.

The mother poured lighter fluid both upstairs and downstairs in the home, according to authorities, who called the case “unimaginably horrific.”

A western Michigan woman is accused of setting a house fire that killed her 12-year-old daughter who was trapped in a bedroom

A Grand Rapids woman is in custody after one of her three children died in a fire that police said she deliberately set over the weekend. Officials said first responders were called at about 7:20 a.m.

A 12-year-old child who has been in critical condition since a Saturday morning fire at a Grand Rapids home died Monday evening at a nearby hospital. The Grand Rapids Press/MLive is not naming the child at this time as her mother is facing criminal charges as a result of the fire and the mother is yet to be arraigned.