Milwaukee County prosecutors have upgraded charges against 21-year-old Cameron Washington, filing an amended criminal complaint Wednesday that now accuses him of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of Gladys Johnson-Ball and a separate count for killing her unborn child. The move came after an autopsy listed asphyxia as the cause of death and the Milwaukee County medical examiner ruled the case a homicide. The charges stem from a Jan. 5 house fire on the city’s north side, where family members found Johnson-Ball in an upstairs bedroom.
How police say the incident unfolded
Officers were dispatched shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 5 for a report of a person with a weapon and arrived to find flames on the second floor of a north side home,…..