Deadly California wildfire started to cover up murder
Updated / Thursday, 29 Apr 2021
11:01
LNU Lightning Complex Fire burned over 315,000 acres, destroyed at least 633 structures and killed five people
A wildfire in California that killed two people last year was intentionally set to cover up a murder, investigators revealed in a press briefing.
The Markley Fire was started in Northern California s Solano County on 18 August 2020 near where police found the burned body of 32-year-old missing person Priscilla Castro.
Authorities had previously said Ms Castro was reported missing after she went on a date with Victor Serriteno two days before the fire. She was not seen again.
FAIRFIELD The Vacaville man charged with murder in the death of Priscilla Castro in August now faces allegations of murder-arson in connection with the Markley Fire that resulted in two more deaths, Solano County Sheriff Thomas Ferrara said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Sher
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One Wildfire In 2020 s LNU Complex Believed to Have Been Arson to Cover Up Murder
One of last August s wildfires that merged with others to become the LNU Lightning Complex fires is now believed to have been the result of arson and the culprit, according to the Solano County Sheriff s Office, is a 29-year-old man who likely set the blaze to cover up an earlier murder.
The Markley Fire, which broke out on August 17 near Monticello Dam, had an origin point very close to where authorities later discovered the body of 32-year-old Priscilla Castro, on September 2. On Wednesday, a 29-year-old Vacaville man, Victor Serriteno, was arrested and charged with Castro s murder following an eight-month investigation, as the Associated Press reports.