New Trial Date Set For Mother Charged In Fatal Fire - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky.- A new trial date has been set for a soldier's wife accused of setting fire to her Fort Campbell home killing two of her children.

Billi Jo Smallwood will now face a jury on June 18th 2012. Smallwood pleaded not guilty to charges of setting a fire that killed her two young children back in December 2008.

The May 2007 fire at Smallwood's Fort Campbell home killed 9-year-old Sam Fagan and 2-year-old Rebekah Smallwood and injured her husband, Army Spc. Wayne Smallwood. The Smallwoods' toddler daughter, Nevaeh, was not injured.

Billi Jo Smallwood could face execution or life in prison if convicted. U.S. Magistrate Judge W. David King appointed a federal public defender for Smallwood, who listed no income since being charged.

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• Oct. 14, 2010 Trial Postponed For Woman Charged In Fatal Fire
• March 17, 2010 Prosecutors Won't Seek Death Penalty In Fatal Fire
• Nov. 19, 2008 Mom In Court On Fire Charges: 'I Didn't Do It'
• Dec 17, 2008Mother Charged In Fatal Fire Pleads Not Guilty
• March 17, 2008 Bond Denied For Mother Accused Of Killing Kids In Fire
• June 19, 2007 Injured Soldier Talks About Fatal Fire
• June 15, 2007 Investigators Said Fatal Fort Campbell Fire Was Arson