Gina Virgilio, 32, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for a first-degree murder after watering her on her boyfriend's house with gasoline.
Judge Michael Wolverton of Anchorage, Alaska, October 14, declared Virgilio 99 years in prison, including 39 years suspended, and 10 years on probation for her "horrible, horrible" behavior. did.
Virgilio on June 7, 2012, held a party for her 24th birthday of boyfriend Michael Gonzalez. When Gonzalez slept in the armchair the next morning, Virgilio took the gas cart to buy gasoline, watered it on chairs, carpets and the area in front of the apartment's only aisle and lit the fire. When Gonzalez woke up and screamed in heat, Virgilio closed the door and ran away. Gonzalez died from asphyxiation and severe burns.
Before being convicted, Virgilio told the judge that she did not have any motive for the crime, which led to the act of mental illness.
Reginald Carneym, Virgilio's brother, said she began to change when exposed to drugs at the age of 20 and showed signs of psychosis because of drugs. She lost weight, alienated relatives and once tried to kill her son. Virgilio is also obsessed with fire.
Relatives of the victim expressed satisfaction with the sentence. "I accept the sentence, as long as she is released from prison at a later age and will not harm my family or society," Austine Gonzalez, the victim's brother, said.