‘She was the devil’: Man murdered his grandma, set body on fire because she gave cat ‘harmful’ flea medication

A Pennsylvania antheral volition walk decades successful situation for stabbing and beating his grandma to decease earlier mounting her assemblage connected fire.

George Sisco, 29, was sentenced to 29 1/2 to 60 years successful situation connected Friday aft helium pleaded blameworthy but mentally sick to third-degree murder, arson and terroristic threats successful the April 2024 decease of 67-year-old Margie Finlay, the Pike County District Attorney’s Office said successful a press release.

Crews responded connected April 26, 2024, to a occurrence astatine Finlay’s location successful Milford Township, immoderate 40 miles northeast of Philadelphia. As firefighters began battling the blaze, they recovered Sisco covered successful humor successful beforehand of the house. Sisco didn’t respond erstwhile an adjunct occurrence main asked if helium needed immoderate help. The suspect walked further into the location and threatened anyone who tried to enter, prosecutors said.

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“She was the devil and I had to bash it,” Sisco reportedly said.

Firefighters extinguished the occurrence and recovered Finlay dormant successful the kitchen.

“Sisco admitted to constabulary helium killed his grandma and started a occurrence successful the house, saying the flea medicine she was putting connected the feline was harmful,” prosecutors said.

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He slashed his grandma’s pharynx and stabbed her earlier utilizing a room rag to acceptable her connected fire, the Pocono Record reported. Sisco told troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police that the Bible said “in bid to termination the devil, helium indispensable usage the beatified tone and fire.”

An autopsy determined that the origin of decease was blunt unit trauma and crisp injuries.

A intelligence exam primitively deemed Sisco, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, incompetent to basal trial, but a 2nd 1 cleared him.

Finlay’s lad said his parent loved Sisco earlier calling him a monster, the Record reported. Sisco’s lawyer said his lawsuit mislaid his mode erstwhile helium stopped taking his medication.

“There are nary winners here, the loved ones of Margie Finlay profoundly grieve their nonaccomplishment and that tin ne'er beryllium afloat repaired,” said Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin, who prosecuted the case.