2 charged after Richmond Hill fire that killed 11-year-old girl, woman

Olivia Piercey · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 3:57 PM EST | Last Updated: November 6

Two radical are facing execution and arson charges successful narration to a Richmond Hill location occurrence that killed an 11-year-old miss and a 24-year-old woman, according to police. 

Camille Netricia Hall, 42, and Smart George Idemudia Junior Obanor, 30, are charged with 2 counts of first-degree execution and 3 counts of attempted murder, York Regional Police announced connected Thursday. 

The 2 accused, some from Toronto, are besides facing charges of arson with disregard for quality beingness and arson causing harm to property. 

Ryan Hogan, lawman main of YRP, called the occurrence “heinous” and said constabulary volition proceed to travel each leads.  

“This transgression sent shockwaves done our community, leaving residents feeling unsafe and galore grieving,” Hogan said astatine a quality league connected Thursday.

The early-September occurrence happened astatine 10 Skywood Dr. conscionable earlier 3 a.m. The accused near the country earlier constabulary arrived, according to police.

Five radical were location astatine the clip and each were taken to the infirmary successful captious information by EMS, according to police.

The adjacent day, an 11-year-old miss died from her injuries and 24-year old, Helya Bahari-Kashani, besides died connected Sept. 3. 

Following the lawsuit YRP said they were investigating the occurrence arsenic arson and the deaths arsenic homicides.

No transportation betwixt victims and accused, constabulary say

Police person said each of the victims lived successful the location and are members of the aforesaid family. Police said connected Thursday that the survivors person since been released from the infirmary and are recovering.

Jim Kilby. superintendent of investigations for YRP, said the probe is “far from over,” astatine the quality league Thursday.  

Hogan said YRP is "imploring" the nationalist to interaction constabulary if they person immoderate accusation astir the accused oregon the fire. (Grant Linton/CBC)

So far, constabulary person not recovered a transportation betwixt the accused and the victims, Hogan said.

“We are appealing to the nationalist for immoderate accusation that they whitethorn person with that respect to supply further discourse to the narration betwixt these 2 accused themselves oregon with the victims of this incident,” said Hogan.

Police said nary further suspects person been identified, but the lawsuit remains open. 

“Certainly we are unrecorded to the information that determination could beryllium different radical that are involved,” said Hogan. “But astatine this point, the grounds has led america to these 2 persons.”

During their investigation, constabulary heard from neighbours and colleagues that the victims were adjacent with the community, Hogan said helium recognizes the affects it has connected the broader community.

“This is going to beryllium a precise agelong roadworthy ahead,” said Hogan. “Not lone for the radical that are the victims of this and radical that knew them, but for the assemblage astatine large.”