Vacaville Man Sentenced to 73 Years For Murder and Arson That Contributed to LNU Complex Fires In 2020
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Victor Serriteno has been sentenced for the murder of 32-year-old Priscilla Castro, whom he met online. In the summer of 2020, he planned and executed her murder after luring her from Vallejo. To cover up the crime, he disposed of her body by setting a fire near the ongoing wildfires that had already claimed lives in Solano and Napa counties. Serriteno pleaded no contest to arson, murder of Castro, and the two men killed in the Markley Fire, revealing a grim series of events tied to deliberate actions aimed at evading detection.
Serriteno pleaded no contest to murdering 32-year-old Priscilla Castro and to causing a wildfire incident, where her body was burned amid the chaos of raging fires.
The wildfires that began in August 2020 were exacerbated by arson, contributing to significant destruction and loss of life in the areas surrounding San Francisco.
Serriteno, a convicted felon, met Castro on a dating app, lured her to Vacaville, brutally murdered her, and attempted to use the wildfires to conceal his crime.
The investigation into Castro's murder revealed that Serriteno utilized the raging wildfires as a cover for disposing of her remains, illustrating a calculated attempt to mislead authorities.
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