Man Stabbed ‘Satan’ Grandma to Demise, Set Home on Hearth Over ‘Poison’ Flea Remedy for Cat: DA

George Sisco, 29, was sentenced Might 12 for the 2024 homicide of his grandmother and arson of her residence to 23 1/2 years as much as 60 years, plus a $2,500 effective, in line with a press launch from the Pike County District Lawyer’s Workplace.

The defendant pleaded responsible however mentally in poor health in March to the fees of third-degree homicide, arson endangering individuals, and terroristic threats associated to the April 26, 2024 hearth on the residence of Margie Finlay, 67, in Milford Township, per ABC affiliate WNEP.

The Milford Hearth Division and Westfall Township Hearth Division each responded to the scene, adopted shortly thereafter by the Milford Police and deputies from the Pike County Sheriff’s Workplace, per the discharge.

Milford FD arrived on the scene first and reported discovering Sisco close to the entrance of the home with blood on his clothes. When the assistant hearth chief requested if he wanted any help, in line with the DA’s workplace, the suspect purportedly walked additional into the house, which was nonetheless afire, and threatened anybody who tried to enter that he would kill them.

Firefighters in the end extinguished the blaze and made their manner into the house the place they discovered Finlay’s physique within the kitchen. In keeping with the Pocono Document, as coated by Regulation & Crime, Sisco had allegedly killed his grandmother by hitting her, slashing her throat after which utilizing a kitchen rag to set her on hearth, saying a prayer whereas it unfold.

An post-mortem decided Finlay’s reason behind demise as each sharp pressure and blunt pressure accidents. Investigators decided that Finlay was already deceased when the hearth was set, in line with the Shore Information Community.

“She was the satan and I needed to do it,” Sisco reportedly instructed authorities, explaining to them that the Bible says “so as to kill the satan, he should use the holy spirit and hearth.” He reportedly instructed investigators she had been the satan for seven months, in line with CBS Information.

In keeping with the district legal professional’s launch, the precise purpose that Sisco felt compelled to kill his grandmother was as a result of “the flea medicine she was placing on [her] cat was dangerous.” He believed it was “poisoning the cat,” per the prison grievance, and he “needed to take motion.”

As famous by Regulation & Crime, Sisco, who has been identified with schizophrenia, was initially deemed incompetent to face trial. A second psychological examination, although, cleared him. His legal professional argued that he misplaced his manner after he stopped taking his medicine.

“There are not any winners right here. The family members of Margie Finlay deeply grieve their loss and that may by no means be absolutely repaired,” mentioned Pike Rely District Lawyer Ray Tonkin, who prosecuted the case.