The Murrieta parents who were arrested last week for a fire that killed two of their daughters in late 2025 were allegedly high on meth and marijuana when the blaze broke out, according to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.
Stacey Hales, 46, and Adam Keenan, 43, were both arrested on Friday, March 13, months after the deadly fire that broke out on Dec. 20, 2025 at the family’s mobile home in the 41000 block of Knight Drive. After extinguishing the blaze, Murrieta Fire & Rescue crews found the two girls and six pets dead inside. They said that Keenan and his eldest daughter were able to escape from inside, while Hales exited on her own.
Hales was arrested on nine felony counts, including reckless burning causing death, child endangerment and under the influence of a controlled substance, while Keenan was arrested on two counts of child endangerment and under the influence of a controlled substance, Murrieta police said on Friday…