A couple from New York were both charged with manslaughter after a mother and her 1-year-old daughter died in a house fire at the couple’s Airbnb home in October 2024, according to a Thursday, March 20, New York State Police (NYSP) news release.
Dennis Darcy, 57, and Meredith Darcy, 55, were both charged with two counts of manslaughter in the second degree (Class C felony) for the deaths of Shannon Hubbard, 35, and her daughter Margaret “Maggie” Hubbard, 1.
Shannon and Maggie were killed after the Darcys’ rental home went up in flames in Clinton, N.Y, on Oct. 13, 2024, at approximately 10:30 p.m EST.
At the time of the fire, Shannon and her husband John, then 39, noticed smoke while on the patio, and she told her husband to call 911 while she attempted to rescue their children. The NYSP, East Clinton Fire Department and the Dutchess County Fire Investigation Division responded to the scene.
Upon arrival, responders found Shannon and her children, Jack, 3,…
