On January 19, 2023, a house fire in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky took four lives.

Eryn Toogood was 27 years old and six months pregnant. Her daughter, Haisley Heath, was six. Her stepdaughter, Raegan Maraman, was six. Eryn's unborn son, Holten Toogood Maraman, also died.

There was one survivor: William “Billy” Maraman, Eryn's boyfriend and Raegan's father.

More than three years later, the cause of the fire remains officially classified as undetermined.

Investigators believe the fire originated in the laundry or utility room at the rear of the home, but the Kentucky State Fire Marshal did not determine that the fire was accidental. According to publicly reported investigative records, there was not enough evidence to establish that the fire was intentionally set, but there was also not enough evidence to establish that it was not intentionally set.

Records reportedly showed that two smoke alarms had been purchased for the home and investigators were told they had been installed. Yet no evidence of those alarms was recovered following the fire.

Body-camera footage from the morning of the fire also contains details the families believe deserve further examination. Maraman told responding officers that he grabbed his six-year-old daughter, Raegan, attempted to get her out through another room, put her down when he could not open a window, moved into another room, and later was unable to return to her.

Maraman has never been named a suspect, and the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office maintains that investigators found no evidence establishing a criminal connection to the fire.

But finding no evidence of a crime and establishing that every reasonable avenue was fully investigated are not necessarily the same thing.

The families of Eryn, Haisley, Raegan and Holten have been left with questions about what happened inside that home and whether the original investigation went far enough. In July 2026, their loved ones and community members gathered outside the Bullitt County Courthouse to publicly demand an independent investigation.

Raegan's mother, Karlie Lynch, has also publicly discussed her own experience of domestic violence during her relationship with Maraman and said that history contributes to her concerns about the circumstances surrounding the fire.

None of this proves that a crime occurred.

It does establish that there are questions serious enough to deserve an independent set of eyes.

An independent review matters because the agency whose investigation is being questioned should not be the only agency asked to determine whether that investigation was sufficient. An outside agency can review the evidence without defending the decisions made in 2023 and provide the families and the public with confidence in whatever conclusions the evidence supports.

What We Are Asking For

We are calling on Bullitt County Commonwealth's Attorney Amanda Hernandez to formally request an independent review of the January 19, 2023 Lebanon Junction fire by an appropriate outside law-enforcement agency, including the Kentucky State Police and/or the Kentucky Attorney General's Department of Criminal Investigations.

Kentucky law provides a mechanism for this. Under KRS 15.190, a Commonwealth's Attorney or County Attorney may formally request assistance from the Kentucky Attorney General in a criminal investigation.

We are asking Kentucky authorities to use the tools available to them.

An independent agency should be given access to the complete investigative file and asked to review the circumstances surrounding these deaths, including:

• the original origin-and-cause investigation;
• fire-scene photographs, diagrams and physical evidence;
• the fire-development timeline and available escape routes;
• all statements provided by the sole survivor, including whether they are consistent with one another and with the physical evidence;
• body-camera footage;
• 911 calls and dispatch records;
• witness interviews;
• evidence concerning the reported smoke alarms;
• autopsy and toxicology findings;
• relevant relationship history and reported domestic-violence concerns;
• physical or forensic evidence collected during the original investigation;
• any evidence that was not tested or fully examined;
• and whether additional investigative or forensic methods could answer questions that remained unanswered in 2023.

We are not asking investigators to presume anyone is guilty.

We are asking them to independently determine whether the original investigation was complete and sufficient and whether additional investigation is warranted.

If the original investigation was thorough and the evidence supports its conclusions, an independent review can confirm that.

If something was overlooked, a lead was not fully pursued, evidence deserves additional examination, or new information warrants further investigation, these families deserve to know that too.

As of July 2026, the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office said no outside agency had approached the department about reopening the investigation.

We are asking Kentucky officials to change that.

Eryn cannot ask what happened.

Haisley cannot ask.

Raegan cannot ask.

Holten cannot ask.

Their families have been asking for them.

Four lives were lost in a fire whose cause remains undetermined. More than three years later, their families are still asking whether everything that could have been done was actually done.

An independent investigation does not presume guilt.

It pursues answers.

Please sign this petition and join us in calling on Bullitt County Commonwealth's Attorney Amanda Hernandez and Kentucky law-enforcement officials to ensure that the deaths of Eryn Toogood, Haisley Heath, Raegan Maraman and Holten Toogood Maraman receive the independent scrutiny they deserve.

Eryn. Haisley. Raegan. Holten.

Four lives deserve answers.