The woman killed in a house fire in Perth’s south has been identified as 30-year-old Erica Hay.
After the fire was allegedly lit,the accused is said to have fled the property with the victim’s three-year-old child,who was subsequently taken to Rockingham Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. The child is understood to be in a stable condition.
Authorities discovered Hay’s body in the rear bedroom of the house.
She has been remembered by friends as a “beautiful and caring” woman who would do anything for her four daughters.
Hay’s lifelong friend Amanda Broad remembered the woman she had known since primary school in Kalgoorlie.