Hard-Wired Smoke Alarms Not Hooked Up In Madonna Badger’s Home
Dec. 28 2011, Published 4:30 a.m. ET
By Neil Woulfe - Breaking Celebrity News Senior News Director
Hard-wired smoke alarms had not been hooked up inside the Stamford, Connecticut Victorian home where the three young daughters and parents of New York advertising exec Madonna Badger died in a horrific fire on Christmas morning.
Authorities said Tuesday while there were plans for the alarms, they were not yet working; officials did not know whether battery-operated alarms were being used.
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We’re also learning new details about the family’s frantic attempts to escape the burning $1.7 million, five-bedroom, waterfront home – purchased by Badger last year.
Officials Tuesday revealed that Lomer Johnson - Badger’s father and