Deloris Gillespie, a 73-year-old women living in Brooklyn, was burned to death in an elevator on Saturday. Her attacker, 47-year-old Jerome Isaac, claims that Gillespie owed him $2,000 for work that he had done for her. She was returning from a grocery-shopping trip in Prospect Heights. He apparently threw a Molotov cocktail at the woman as she tried to exit the elevator to return home on the 5th floor. People fled the building after seeing smoke and hearing the screams of the woman. This is absolutely devastating. A 73-year-old woman! Is this guy serious? If she was not paying him back for money that she legitimately owed him, than he should’ve gone to the police or the Better Business Bureau. Killing her in such a horrific way is disgusting and makes him a coward.
Author of this article, Maria White, provided all of the necessary information to present the story. She added quotes and information on how the man reported himself, “He turned himself in to police overnight or early Sunday morning”. White did not, however, appear to have any bias on the issue. With such a horrific case, it is hard to believe that she did not present any bias.
How horrible! Why did that man burn the poor old woman alive? He couldn't have just simply settled it with the authorities.
ReplyDeleteI remember hearing about this on the news. That's just straight up wrong.
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