An 11-year-old girl who tried to save her mother during a domestic dispute is in critical condition Sunday at the hospital.
An unidentified 30-year-old man stabbed his 31-year-old girlfriend Yolanda Pickett to death and, when her 11-year-old daughter tried to intervene, he stabbed her as well, according to Philadelphia police. The enraged man then lit himself on fire while lighting the entire house on fire too, officials said.
Police found both adults dead in an upstairs bedroom.
The argument began around 10 a.m. in 2300 block of N. 13th Street in North Philadelphia.
Three children -- two of whom were Pickett's -- were in the house at the time of the dispute.
Two other children in the home ran to a neighbor's house to try and get help. The neighbor said he found the Pickett's 11-year-old daughter outside the house bleeding from her wounds.
The injured child was taken to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
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Neighbors and friends gathered near the crime scene Saturday night for a candlelight vigil to remember the mother and pray for the recovery of her daughter.
