A priest called on parents to be more vigilant as he offered support to the family of Tyran Garcia, the three-year-old girl who perished in a house fire on Sunday.
Fr George Lewis addressing the mourners at The Church of Incarnation, Maloney Gardens, said yesterday, the death of the child has already happened and while the parents may want to blame themselves, they should seek God’s forgiveness.
“The little girl ran back into the house, I was told. Children are innocent they don’t know danger. Parents have to be more alert with the children God have given you.
“God gave you children to bring in his honour and glory and he give you wisdom to raise them you must be vigilant. There might be guilt to blame yourself, but ask God for forgiveness. God is able to give you the grace you need, ask Him for comfort and strength” Lewis said.
As he spoke, Garcia’s mother, Abigaile Mota, sat in the front pew being consoled by a female relative. In a telephone interview on Tuesday, Mota said she regretted not being home on Sunday when the house caught afire ending her youngest of seven children’s life.
Mota and her six of her children lived at Herman Gerard Avenue with the children’s stepfather Terrance Wilson. Both adults were not at home when the fire took place around 1 pm. The children were left under the supervision of a 14-year-old, the eldest child.
The duo were questioned by police on Tuesday for close to two hours before being released. Police said that some of the information they were receiving were “not adding up” and they wanted to speak to the children and adults again.
The children were initially questioned and put in the care of other relative, as both their mother and stepfather were kept in police custody.
Three-year-old Garcia, who was buried in a white and pink casket, died as a result of smoke inhalation according to the autopsy report.
