A Volusia County, Florida jury discovered a man responsible of homicide and arson on Thursday, for the 2017 killing of a woman he set on fire.
Bernard Thomas was sentenced to a compulsory life sentence for first-degree murder and consecutive 30-year sentences for first-degree arson of a dwelling and first-degree arson of a automobile.
A jury in Volusia County, Florida convicted a man of first-degree homicide and two counts of first-degree arson for setting a woman on fire in 2017.
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The Volusia County State Attorney R.J. Larizza’s workplace stated in a launch that on Aug. 27, 2017, Tracy Adams ran within her Deland, Florida, house screaming, “Bernard tried to kill [me]” to her youngsters.
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Adams was on fire as she ran, and when investigators arrived on the scene, they discovered her automotive was engulfed with flames spreading to the roof of her house.
An extra investigation found {that a} bottle recovered as proof on the scene was full of gasoline and thrown at Adams as she sat in her automotive.
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As a end result, she suffered severe burns, was shot in the shoulder, and died of issues from the burns weeks later.
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Thomas lived on the property in a gazebo for a couple of yr, the discharge learn, and was a detailed buddy of her household.
The investigation into the incident included mobile phone tower mapping, which finally place Thomas on the crime scene.
His name log additionally confirmed greater than 30 calls to Adams in a seven-day interval, in accordance to the discharge, although none have been made to her after she was set on fire and despatched to the hospital.
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Thomas fled the county and was eventually arrested and charged for his crimes.
“The brutal nature of this crime shocks me,” Larizza stated. “This murder was the act of a depraved and vicious man. His cruelty knows no bounds.”
