GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – An Oneida woman has been charged in connection with a fatal house fire last summer in Hobart.
47-year-old Roni Coonen Anderson has been charged with two felonies: murder and arson of a building without owner’s consent. In court Monday afternoon, Coonen Anderson had bond set at $100,000 cash.
According to the criminal complaint, witnesses saw flames on opposite ends of the house. Witnesses said the woman found outside the house – later identified as Coonen Anderson – would not allow others to get near 89-year-old Harold Ambrosius to help him.
One woman described Coonen Anderson’s, “actions as not genuine and almost as if it was something she needed to do. (The witness) also recalled that the woman seemed very emotional but she never saw any tears,” the complaint says.
Ambrosius died due to smoke and soot inhalation, combined with his high blood pressure condition.
Anderson told one investigator she believed Ambrosius started the fire.
She also faces an arson count from a separate incident on Oct. 8. 2015 for allegedly setting fire to a quarry office building.
Coonen Anderson is due back in court Friday.
