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Parents Charged After Children Die in RV Fire
Texas parents face murder charges after 2- and 3-year-old children burn to death inside RV.
In brief
Texas parents face murder charges after 2- and 3-year-old children burn to death inside RV. Matthew Chambers and Meaghan Herrod, 39 and 30, are charged with murder after their children died in a Cleveland, Texas RV fire. Originally reported by Law & Crime.
Parents charged with murder
Matthew Chambers and Meaghan Herrod, 39 and 30, are both in custody at the Liberty County Jail after being charged with two counts of murder.
Children died in rv fire
Two children, a 2-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy, died in a fire that started in an rv on a property in Cleveland, Texas.
Fire occurred on Aug 11
Fire department officials confirmed the fire took place on August twenty-third, 2026.
Fire chief confirmed search
Cleveland Fire Chief Sean Anderson said firefighters went into the rv to find people even as the rv collapsed around them.
Children's grandfather confirmed ages
The children's grandfather confirmed their ages to KTRK, the local abc affiliate reporting on the incident.
RV was on family property
The rv that caught fire was one of several similar vehicles on the property where the children's family and their friends all lived.
Parents near fire
Fire department officials determined that Chambers and Herrod were 'in the area of the fire at the time.'
Parents held on bond
Chambers and Herrod are each being held on $1 million bond for each murder charge.
Investigation ongoing
Fire department officials did not share any additional details about what led to the murder charges, but said the investigation was ongoing.
Parents charged two months after fire
Warrants were issued for their arrests two months after their children died in the fire.
Children's ages confirmed
The children's grandfather confirmed their ages to KTRK, the local abc affiliate reporting on the incident.
Next court date unknown
Their next court date was not immediately available.
The main idea
Matthew Chambers and Meaghan Herrod, 39 and 30, are charged with murder after their children died in a Cleveland, Texas RV fire.
