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A college financial aid advisor in New York is accused of strangling his girlfriend then lighting their shared apartment on fire, leaving authorities to find her four-day-old baby dead.

Kidane Haile, 30, allegedly strangled his girlfriend, Kathleen “Katie” Carrig, 29, to death on Oct. 18 at their apartment in Buffalo, New York, according to a news release by Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane. Officials said that after allegedly killing Carrig, Haile set the apartment on fire, according to BTPM.

Noah Carrig, the couple’s four-day-old son, was also found dead at the apartment. His death is still under investigation, Keane said.

Haile was charged with second-degree murder on Thursday.

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