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CROWN POINT â A man charged in a deadly arson fire three years ago in Hammond testified Monday he was not happy about his failing marriage, but he would never have hurt his estranged wife, her boyfriend or the boyfriend s mother.
Ronald Gee, 45, of Berwyn, Illinois, said he parked his silver 2003 Ford Explorer behind his home on Chicago s South Side before going to sleep the night of the fire and saw it the in the same spot the next morning as he left in his work van.
Gee s estranged wife, Robin Gee, testified last week it was Gee who was seen in surveillance images driving their silver Explorer early April 14, 2018, before a fire at 19 Doty St. that killed 62-year-old Brenda Young Poole and injured Robin Gee and her boyfriend, Michael Young.
CROWN POINT â A Lake Criminal Court jury found an Illinois man guilty Monday of murdering a Hammond woman in 2018 by intentionally setting a fire at her home while she, her son and the defendant s estranged wife were sleeping.
Ronald A. Gee, 45, of Berwyn, was found guilty of felony murder and three counts of arson, according to the Lake County prosecutor s office. He was acquitted of two counts of attempted murder and one count of murder.
Gee could face 45 to 65 years in prison for murder and 10 to 30 years in prison on the highest arson count, which was a level 2 felony.
Ride along with LaPorte Police Specialist Justin Dyer as he patrols the streets of LaPorte.