Thursday, July 26, 2012

Setting A Residential Fire Can Result In Serious Charges

Carrie Gil, 46, formerly of Crystal Lake, was sentenced to 14 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the offense of Attempt 1st Degree Murder and 12 years for Aggravated Arson.

The sentences will run concurrently and the Defendant will be required to serve 85% of the sentencing term pursuant to truth in sentencing provisions.

McHenry County State’s Attorney, in making the announcement, notes that the case was investigated by the Crystal Lake Police and Fire Departments with assistance from the State Fire Marshal’s Office as well as the United State Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Illinois State police provided experts to explain the use of an accelerant to start the fire and to associate paint from inside the residence to graffiti on the garage and screen doors outside the house.

The investigation also revealed multiple death spells within the defendant’s laptop computer which matched verbatim with handwritten notes linked to the defendant by a forensic document examiner from the Illinois State Police.

The case was prosecuted by David Johnston and Sharyl Eisenstein of the McHenry County States Attorney’s Office.

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