On October 19, 2015, Joshua Maxwell and Michael Maxwell died of smoke inhalation. The boys had been asleep when Dwight Burton started a fire outside their apartment, targeting his ex-girlfriend who was living with the boys and their mother. Although the women survived the attack, and the other tenants in the building were able to escape, firefighters couldn't reach 4-year-old Joshua and 3-year-old Michael in time to save their lives.