Thick, sooty smoke had filled the apartment. It was before dawn on a cold Saturday.īy the time the downstairs neighbor smelled it and called 911, it was too late. The pair were likely sleeping as calamity unfolded behind the walls. Image provided by family.Ī couple of days after she moved, Colston’s friend, 60-year-old Clarence Murrell, was helping her settle in. Patricia Colston, a mother and grandmother, died in a suspected electrical fire in 2019 on North 14th Street and West Capitol Drive. Records show the property on North 14th Street had a history of electrical code violations. She rented the upper floor of a 1920s bungalow on the city’s north side in October 2019. With multiple evictions on her record, relatives said, she was desperate. Blind in one eye with severe arthritis making it difficult to work, the 53-year-old had trouble paying rent in the past. Patricia Colston didn’t have much choice of neighborhoods in Milwaukee.
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