Saturday, November 15, 2008

Fire starter charged with 4 counts of murder

Queens woman set boyfriend ablaze in fire that killed four, cops say

BY NICOLE BODE and SIMONE WEICHSELBAUM
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

An incensed woman who allegedly set her boyfriend on fire, starting a blaze in their Queens building that killed him and a neighboring family, was arrested Thursday night, law enforcement sources said.

Agnes Bermudez, 47, who has been in Jacobi Medical Center with severe burns since the June blaze, was charged with four counts of murder, arson, assault and reckless endangerment, sources said.

Bermudez allegedly confronted William Salazar, 32, in their second-floor Middle Village apartment after a night of clubbing, police said.

She doused him with carpet cleaner and set him aflame, catching herself on fire as well.

The fast-moving blaze spread to an upstairs apartment, killing three members of the same family - Heriberto Garcia-Vera, 68; his wife, Flor Sandoval, 48; and their son, Felipe Garcia-Vera, 20.

Salazar died four days later.

"She lost control," Rene Salazar told the Daily News Thursday night about his dead son's relationship with Bermudez. "She loved my son too much. Too, too much."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

this was an illegal conversion.

it is a sin that the media ignores this and does not educate the public on this evil.

why doesn't pratt or hunter college do a useful study that actually helps communities by spotlighting and decrying this evil?

Anonymous said...

sick and senseless

Anonymous said...

More possible deportation news.

Daniel said...

Im the guy of that picture Fuck AGNES BERMUDESZ