Two bodies were found Wednesday in the ruins of an Annapolis mansion that burned three days ago, Anne Arundel County fire officials said.
Technology executive Don Pyle, his wife, Sandra, and four grandchildren are feared dead in the fire. Officials said the two bodies have not been identified.
In a statement, relatives identified the grandchildren as Alexis (Lexi) Boone, 8; Kaitlyn (Katie) Boone, 7; Charlotte Boone, 8; and Wesley (Wes) Boone, 6. They are the children of Sandra Pyle’s sons, Randy and Clint Boone, according to the statement.
The children were visiting their grandparents for a sleepover because Monday was a school holiday, a family spokeswoman said.
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Pyle’s company bio described him as a industry veteran who has held multiple CEO positions, with more than 25 years’ experience in information technology infrastructure software and hardware management.
Pyle told The Washington Post last year that after holding positions in a family business, he decided to look for an “industry that was in its infancy and something that would have growth potential.” He started in a sales position in a firm that connected computers over transmission lines, and later sold both hardware and software components for the Internet.
Pyle told the newspaper he eventually moved from sales to sales management to general management positions. In 1992, the company went public and was sold to Cisco Systems five years later for $4.2 billion, according to the Post.
CNN’s Wes Bruer, Shimon Prokupecz and Lindy Royce contributed to this report.
