>> FIRST ON FOX, A TRAGIC STORY HAS BECOME EVEN MORE INCOMPREHENSIBLE TONIGHT. >> ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE NOW SAY A FERGUSON MOTHER OF 4 SET THE MONDAY MORNING HOUSE FIRE THAT KILLED HERSELF AND HER 4 YOUNG CHILDREN IN AN APPARENT MURDER SUICIDE. FOX NEWSMAX CITY TONIGHT JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM IN FRONT OF THE FAMILY'S HOME IN NEXT. THIS IS JUST A GUT WRENCHING STORY. >> AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING. PEOPLE CLOSE TO THIS TRAGIC THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY STUNNED TONIGHT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND US, THE GROWING TRIBUTE SHOWING STUFFED ANIMALS FOR THESE 4 YOUNG CHILDREN KILLED IN THIS HORRIFIC HOUSE FIRE MONDAY MORNING. AND AGAIN, THE NEW DETAILS COMING IN FROM POLICE TONIGHT. ABSOLUTELY GUT-WRENCHING. THIS UPDATE TO THIS ALREADY HORRIFIC CASE. >> THESE POOR KIDS, THEY REALLY JUST DID NOT DESERVE A MURDER SUICIDE, A MOTHER SETTING A MATTRESS ON FIRE, KNOWINGLY KILLING HER 4 YOUNG CHILDREN. A SUICIDE NOTE RECOVERED ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT WEDNESDAY SAYING ALL 4 CHILDREN DIED FROM SMOKE INHALATION AFTER 39 YEAR-OLD FERGUSON MOTHER, BERNADINE, BERTIE PERSON OR SET A MATTRESS AT HER HOME ON FIRE EARLY MONDAY. >> 9 YEAR-OLD TWINS, ELLIE, AND IT PROVES 6 YEAR-OLD JACKSON SPADER AND 2 YEAR-OLD MILLY SPADER KILLED IN THE FIRE ALONG WITH THEIR MOTHER FAMILY FRIEND MELISSA HOLST IS STUNNED FOR A WOMAN THAT LOVED HER KIDS MORE THAN AND SO. >> IT JUST. I DON'T KNOW HOW. HOW THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE. HOLST IS NOT ALONE. YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR BABY'S LIFE. A LITTLE BREEZY AID. >> FOR WHAT REASON WOULD YOU TAKE THEIR LIFE IT SURE WILL SEND A MOTHER OF 5 HERSELF OVERCOME WITH EMOTION. WEDNESDAY. EVERYONE WILL SPECULATE ON WHY SHE DECIDED TO DO THIS. NO ONE KNOWS THE REASON. I JUST WISH THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN A HELP TO HER IN HER COMMUNITY COULD HAVE BEEN HELPED A HOME FULL OF JOY PLANTS, ANIMALS, YOUNG CHILDREN, A WOMAN WHO LOVED GOD AND HER KIDS. THAT'S HOW HOLES DESCRIBES THIS YOUNG MOTHER AND HER HOME. NOW A BIRD SHADOW OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS. SHE SAYS IF SHE COULD SAY ONE THING TO BERNADINE OR BIRDIE, IT WOULD BE THIS. SOMEBODY. >> WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THOUGH, IS THAT? OR HOW BAD IT WAS? WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT YOU CAN TALK TO THAT WILL BE THERE FOR YOU. >> HELP IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. WE WANT TO SHOW THIS NUMBER NOW ON YOUR SCREEN. IT'S SIMPLE. 9, 8, 8, THAT IS THE NATIONAL CRISIS. AND SUICIDE. >> LIFELINE, IT IS AVAILABLE. 24 7, 365 DAYS A YEAR AGAIN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DIAL 9, 8, 8, IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, IS IN CRISIS. JARED SPADER IS THE FATHER OF THE 2 YOUNGEST CHILDREN KILLED IN THIS HOUSE FIRE FROM MONDAY. HE GAVE A STATEMENT TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT AS WELL. IT SHOULD BE UP ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. SPADER AGAIN, THE FATHER OF THE 2 YOUNGEST CHILDREN KILLED IN THIS FIRE SAYS. AND WE QUOTE, IN PART WHAT I WOULD WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT. MY 2 WONDERFUL CHILDREN. IS THERE THE GREATEST GIFT THAT A FATHER COULD EVER ASK FOR? THEY WERE THE 2 MOST BEAUTIFUL SOULS THAT A FATHER COULD ASK FOR AND THEY WERE A GIFT TO OUR LIVES IN EVERY WAY. AGAIN, THAT ONE OF THE GRIEVING PARENTS INVOLVED IN THIS TRAGEDY TONIGHT. WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS COMING UP ON FOX. 2 NEWS AT 10 O'CLOCK. BUT FOR NOW LIVE IN FERGUSON NEXT WEEK NIGHT, FOX, 2 NEWS. >> AND LATE TONIGHT WE RECEIVED A LENGTHY STATEMENT FROM BERNIE'S FAMILY THROUGH HER ATTORNEY. IT READS IN PART TO BERTIE, LIVED FOR HER CHILDREN AND FOCUSED ONLY ON THEIR HAPPINESS. BERNIE GOT TO AN AWFUL PLACE. ONE THAT RESULTED IN TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES. THE FAMILY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SHE GOT TO THAT DARKNESS AS A RESULT OF SPURIOUS LITIGATION AND UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS BY HER EX-HUSBAND AND HER FORMER BOYFRIEND. THE STATEMENT GOES ON TO SAY SHE SAW HER CHILDREN SLOWLY AND STEADILY SUFFERING. SHE KNEW THE CHILDREN IS BEING USED BY THEIR FATHERS AS A MEANS TO HURT BERTIE AT THEIR EXPENSE. TRAGICALLY, SHE MADE THE WRONG CHOICE. BERTIE WAS FIERCELY INDEPENDENT TO REJECTING OUR SUPPORT, ACCEPTING ONLY
