A guy from Pennsylvania will serve decades in prison for killing his grandmother by stabbing and assaulting her, then burning her body.
According to a news release from the Pike County District Attorney’s Office, George Sisco, 29, was sentenced on Friday to 29 1/2 to 60 years in prison after entering a guilty but mentally ill plea to third-degree murder, arson, and terroristic threats in connection with the death of 67-year-old Margie Finlay in April 2024.
On April 26, 2024, crews were called to a fire at Finlay’s residence in Milford Township, which is about 40 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
Firefighters discovered Sisco covered in blood in front of the house as they started to extinguish the fire.
When an assistant fire chief asked Sisco whether he needed assistance, he didn’t answer. According to the prosecution, the defendant proceeded inside the house and intimidated everyone who attempted to enter.
According to reports, Sisco stated, “I had to do it because she was the devil.” When firefighters put out the fire, they discovered Finlay dead in the kitchen.
Prosecutors claimed that Francisco told police that he killed his grandmother and set the house on fire because the flea medicine she was giving the cat was dangerous.
According to the Pocono Record, he attacked and cut his grandmother’s throat before setting her on fire with a kitchen towel.
According to the Bible, Sisco informed Pennsylvania State Police officers that “the devil must use the holy spirit and fire in order to kill him.”
According to an autopsy, sharp injuries and blunt force trauma were the cause of death.
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After a second psychological evaluation, Sisco, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, was found to be competent to stand trial.
According to the Record, Finlay’s kid claimed that his mother adored Sisco before labeling him a monster. According to Sisco’s lawyer, when his client stopped taking his prescription, he lost his way.
The case’s prosecutor, Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin, stated, “There are no winners here; the loved ones of Margie Finlay deeply grieve their loss and that can never be fully repaired.”
