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they saw the house across the street in flames. One of the house's occupants, 17-year-old Tracey Dyess , was searching for her dog.
"It was really strange, because she was going up and down the street looking for her dog while her brother and sister were still in the burning house," Kurt Rush said.
On Friday, Dyess was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her two younger siblings, Kaleb, 6, and Jessica, 13. Iowa Department of Public Safety officials said the fire was intentionally set with a flammable liquid.
Late Friday, Brian Street, 39, was charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse. Officials allege Street sexually abused Dyess. Street was described by officials as Dyess' stepfather.
Officials declined to say over what period of time the alleged abuse occurred.
Street and Dyess' mother, Debbie Dyess, both escaped from the house without serious injuries.
Street was being held Saturday at the Cass County Jail in Atlantic under $130,000 bond. Tracey Dyess is being held in the Southwest Iowa Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs.
Two blocks east of the burned house, employees at Eckles Grocery have been trying to make sense of the tragedy since Thursday, said employee Darla Hannan.
She frequently saw Tracey and Brian Street come into the store together.
"Everyone knows something like this can happen," said Hannan, "but I guess everyone is shocked it happened here."
"I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, because he looks young and because of the way he acted with her," Hannan said. "You see how children act around their parents and that's not how they acted."
Neighbors say Debbie Dyess was seldom seen out of the home, although the children would be seen playing.
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"It was really strange, because she was going up and down the street looking for her dog while her brother and sister were still in the burning house," Kurt Rush said.
On Friday, Dyess was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her two younger siblings, Kaleb, 6, and Jessica, 13. Iowa Department of Public Safety officials said the fire was intentionally set with a flammable liquid.
Late Friday, Brian Street, 39, was charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse. Officials allege Street sexually abused Dyess. Street was described by officials as Dyess' stepfather.
Officials declined to say over what period of time the alleged abuse occurred.
Street and Dyess' mother, Debbie Dyess, both escaped from the house without serious injuries.
Street was being held Saturday at the Cass County Jail in Atlantic under $130,000 bond. Tracey Dyess is being held in the Southwest Iowa Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs.
Two blocks east of the burned house, employees at Eckles Grocery have been trying to make sense of the tragedy since Thursday, said employee Darla Hannan.
She frequently saw Tracey and Brian Street come into the store together.
"Everyone knows something like this can happen," said Hannan, "but I guess everyone is shocked it happened here."
"I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, because he looks young and because of the way he acted with her," Hannan said. "You see how children act around their parents and that's not how they acted."
Neighbors say Debbie Dyess was seldom seen out of the home, although the children would be seen playing.
http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050403/NEWS01/504030331/1001/archive