Kern coroner determines elderly woman caught in house fire death as smoke, soot inhalation

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Officials have released the cause of death for the elderly woman who died after being located in a house fire. After conducting a postmortem exam, the Kern County Coroner's Office determined that 83-year-old Charlene Elaine Costello's cause of death was due to smoke and soot inhalation. The death was ruled an [...]