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Prosecutors: Father in arson case tried to shove daughter back into flaming house

CREATED Sep. 12, 2012

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  • Armin Wand III (left), 32, the father of three children killed in a house fire in southwestern Wisconsin last Friday and his 18-year-old brother, Jeremy Wand. Image by Lafayette County Sheriff's Department

Intent on burning his entire family to death, a southwestern Wisconsin man tried to shove his 2-year-old daughter back into the flames after her pregnant mother had carried her to safety, state prosecutors alleged Tuesday.