Three children perish in house fire as their father rushes out to save himself

A father is facing a slew of child neglect charges after he allegedly left his three children to perish in a house fire.

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Joshua Kannin, 39, was charged with child neglect on April 21 for allegedly leaving his young children in his burning Kenosha home on Thanksgiving Day in November 2025, while he ran outside because he “panicked.”

Rylee, 10; Connor, 9; and Alena, 7, all di£d in the fire.

Kenosha police responded to 911 calls on November 27, 2025, where a distressed Kannin – only wearing his underwear – was begging for help, according to a complaint. 

First responders found the two brothers on the first floor and the young daughter on the second floor. 

The two boys di£d at the scene, while Alena was taken to the hospital with severe burns covering a staggering 80 percent of her body. The seven-year-old later di£d. 

Kannin was also hospitalized following the blaze.

The 39-year-old reportedly admitted to smoking a cigarette before bed, according to the outlet. 

He jolted awake in the middle of the night, unsure if it was because his “cat making noise” or the smoke, the complaint stated. 

The father went into the kitchen, where he saw a “little fire” before he “panicked and walked out the front door,” leaving his children alone inside.

The father told authorities he tried to go back inside the burning home, but the smoke plumes were too thick and he “couldn’t see.”

“I barely got two steps in and I had to turn back around,” Kannin told police. “When I opened the door, I made it worse.”

Firefighters discovered there were no smoke detectors in the 39-year-old’s home, following an investigation.

Kannin allegedly told authorities his smoke detector would frequently “malfunction” and randomly “make sounds,” so he took it down. 

The father also had boards plastered over the windows to “prevent burglaries,” WITI reported.

Investigators found that a stovetop burner was left on, court filings obtained by the outlet said. The filings stated that the kitchen seemed to be where the fire broke out. 

Investigators also found evidence that two of the children possibly went into the kitchen to make their own food before the blaze started

The kids’ devastated mother, Jourdan Feasby, spoke out to CBS58, calling her ex’s apartment “disgusting,” and describing it as “fend for yourself in a sense.”

“I was on him about not having the smoke detectors, I let his mother know who cleaned his house once a week that there were no smoke detectors, I let the landlord know there were no smoke detectors,” Feasby told the outlet.

Stricken with grief, she says she’s “just a shell” and that she di£d with her children that day. 

“It’s just been pure hell for myself and my family. I’m literally living my worst nightmare,” Feasby said to the outlet.

The fire was ruled an “accidental common household fire.”

Feasby told the outlet she is “bittersweet” about the charges placed on her ex, adding that she will push for justice and that there needs to be “serious repercussions.”