Rush County mother gets 16 years for leaving 7yearold alone to die inside burning house

Apr 09, 2026

ARLINGTON, Ind. -- A Rush County woman has been sentenced to 16 years behind bars after she left her young child to die alone inside a burning house last year. Kirstin Bowers has been sentenced to 30 years in the Indiana Department of Correction and is set to serve 16 of those years in prison [...]