Woman Set Afire With Molotov Cocktail in Elevator of Her NYC Building
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NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a woman burned to death in the elevator of her New York City apartment building after a man ambushed her, sprayed her with liquid and set her afire with a Molotov cocktail.
Police spokesman Paul Browne says the unidentified man was waiting for the woman when the elevator doors opened to her floor of the Brooklyn building Saturday afternoon.
Browne says the unidentified woman was returning with grocery bags when the elevator doors opened to the fifth floor and she was sprayed by the assailant. The woman tried to protect herself, but the man sprayed her directly in the face. After spraying her again, the suspect used a lighter to ignite a rag in a bottle and set her aflame. Police are searching for the suspect, who they say knew his victim.
Update: NEW YORK (AP) — Police say they are questioning a man in connection to the death of a New York City woman set on fire in the elevator of her apartment building. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said Sunday that the 47-year-old man went into a police precinct a couple of miles from where the attack happened in Brooklyn and said he had started a fire. Authorities say the man has made statements implicating himself and came in overnight reeking of gasoline. He hasn’t been charged. Doris Gillespie burned to death in the elevator Saturday afternoon. Police say a man was waiting for her, sprayed the 64-year-old woman with accelerant and set her on fire with a Molotov cocktail. Police have said they believe the suspect knew Gillespie.
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Comments (154)
Legal Immigrant
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:49amThis is SEIU, NBPP and friends unleashed.
The soldiers of a tyranny.
Exercise your 2nd Amendment Rights. Today.
Report Post »Legal Immigrant
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:43amUpping the ante…
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:23amYeah, I guess a gun or a knife is too boring these days….
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 12:24pmGood thing this was the result of the OWS movement, which is supported by law enforcement and unions. Otherwise, this would be criminal. I guess it’s all just relative, eh?
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:51pmYou’re not going to get justice as long as leaders will sell your grandma down the river for a small bag of coins. This reminds me of something, oh, Judas Iscariot.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 4:14pmThe photos tell a lot. This was not in an elevator and the guy filmed it with a cell phone.
I the 1st photo the guy stands in the open door spraying with the device in his right hand while filming it with the camera/phone in his left hand. This door is closed in the second photo while he (not spraying) is looking at the camera/phone in his left hand for some reason. In the 3rd photo he is leaning against the wall, the door is still closed, and he is saying something while continuing to spray in a very relaxed manner (and his belly seems to look a lot larger for some reason).
This was a hit. He filmed the attack, sent it to someone and told the lady why she was being killed.
Also, this was not any type of elevator I’ve ever seen. The door “swings” open and shut. Look at the first photo down at the guys right foot. See the carpet and the angle the door is at? Look at the difference of the gold colored lock in photos 1 and 2 and the small window type opening. I photo 1 the door is open, at an angle and in photo 2 the door is shut. I only know of elevator doors that slide open and shut, not any that swing open and shut.
The hat is also very strange; like some kind business, hospital or organization. Does anyone recognize it?
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 5:05pmWas the victim white? Sorry Glen this is not hate, we have the right to know.
It is quite clear what is happening here in America and what Democrats are encouraging to happen. Either the Blacks must go or we must go. We already have over 3 million blacks in prison and there should be 30 million. We must create a White homeland here in America where whites can choose to live in. Russia gets along without Blacks and so does Japan. Super power China does not need blacks either. Even if this criminal is apprehended, justice will not be served, how can justice be served. A judge will just release this criminal.
Report Post »ronin_6
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 5:23pmThe-monk
Report Post »I have seen elevator doors that swing open and closed but only in very old movies and once in a private home. I think his belly looks larger because the phone is lighting it up. Can’t say about the head gear. Looks almost like a kids police helmet. Hit or not the guy is one sick bastard.
80mesh
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:33amdont try him in oregonistan our new SKIP A TERM goobernor (KITZHABER) just said he will not uphold our states death penalty law ..IF HE,D SAID THIS DURING HIS CAMPAIGN HE WOULDA NEVER GOT ELECTED …typical M<O for a lyin commy democrap
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:25amIf it’s a law how can he no uphold it ? It was voted on and passed ,right ? What is he a dictator ?
Report Post »newt
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 11:26amdidn’t this happen in nyc?
Report Post »Mickeyd
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 5:00amDeath penalty case.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 5:45amAgreed
Report Post »asybot12
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:56amNo, drawn and quartered them at Times Square or any down town center in broad daylight and on TV channels by law and communal law, show it live in schools, universities and at work places and I mean everywhere. Brutal you ask? uncivilized???? What do you think what went through her mind and what is going through the minds of anyone in the same situation? And their families?? And BTW what is this s..t about the “unidentified” attacker when the police knew his identity this POS should have been toast!!. to hacxk with PC lets get things straight! We as a community should know when a criminal is loose, brand them like they used to do. It will teach our children a hard and ugly but correct lesson! My god, I used to be liberal and open minded at one time but the way our “civilization” is going it is worse than I could have ever imagined it makes “mad max ” look like a country fair.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 7:18amI have to agree in this case clearly.
May God help her family with all that needs to be done and deliver true justice.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 7:52amSometimes I think they had it right when they had public executions. If you actually see how the criminal dies, you may think twice about being a criminal yourself. In today’s society of “let’s give the criminal all their rights,” it’s a bit glamourous to be a criminal.
Report Post »GUNTHER30
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 9:11amThis is a good example of someone that needs a public execution to set an example. Bring back public hangings!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 10:50amIt‘s needed in this case unfortunately NY is run by progressives and they don’t have the death penalty for murderers,no that’s reserved for law abiding citizens.
Report Post »ronin_6
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 5:25pmGunther30
Report Post »loriann12
Public hangings didn’t do much good back when we had them. What makes you think they would do any good now?
robgc1
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:33pmDeath to him in the same manner he killed this poor woman
Report Post »Just4thefax
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 4:31amFact: Sometimes a gun permit would be a game changer and should of shut this thugs fire fedish down quickly!!!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:18amI dont think New York has the death penalty, so its up to his fellow inmates to pull a Dahmer on him, or anyone for that matter !
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:23amyea…that you should need some “government official” to issue you a paper every four years at your cost, to be able to exercise your God given right to defend yourself…..why anyone would live there??????……..
Report Post »Recceman90
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:32amI agree, if this woman had a pocket 380 or 38 Special this story would read….”Thug got what he deserved from Granny!“ or ”Score 1 for the Good Guys!”. Instead we have another victim. bad people need to be countered!
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 9:30amUmmmm, this happened in NYC. You CAN’T GET A PISTOL PERMIT IN NYC. So she was murdered because NY, in there infinant wisdom, don‘t allow it’s citizens to protect themselves!!!
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:58amProbably some repeat offender released due to over crowding this will happen on a larger scale when the crap hots the fan mostly on the east and west coast but it will be like something out of a horror movie .My youngest sisters kids say new kids are showing up in their classes everyday so i guess people are getting the hint.I can’t wait till they find this guy
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 7:20amIndeed, escalation by the numbers. These are tactics becoming more and more common as once issued and exhorted in the book — the urban geurilla.
Report Post »AzCowboy
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:52ammaybe Eric Holder will take this case? Naw I don’t think so..
Report Post »jH…
M82_Barrett
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 4:33amI bet he would if it was a Black Panther intimidating voters while simultaneously running guns into Mexico for use by drug cartels to kill border patrol agents – then he would take the case for sure… wait nevermind.
Report Post »ChristinaP55
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:44amThat monster is pure evil. My prayers go out to the woman and her family.
Report Post »Jive Mickey
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:01amHey, look at all that’s going on. We are up against the Devil himself.
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 1:48pmYou are right about that. It has come down to Good vs Evil. I pray human kind will win against this Evil. The Devil has come to collect the souls that sold out to him. I fear the debt is enormous.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:37amIs this sick or what! just another embolden criminal looking for fulfillment?
Report Post »people who do this kind of crime diminish our species. Reasons to write music
Devils song link
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987
Walkabout
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:06amI have confidence that the NYPD will catch the murderer for 2 reasons. First they said the victim probably knew the perpetrator. The investigators will be able to run that to the ground. Second, given the high profile of the case, there will be resources for it.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:23amWell i guess that could have been anyone of us,prayers for her and her family whos lives are also destroyed do to these souless dawn of the dead types………scary
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:41amI don‘t know about you but I don’t live in an are where this could happen to me.. Check the crime statistics of Sebastian, Florida .. I choose to live where it is safe. Could and would NEVER happen to me..
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 10:26amIt would not have been me. I pack everywhere I go, regardless of local law. I practice my quick draw, and reload. At first squirt he would have been dead, I would have patted out the little fire on my sleeve and stepped over his prone body and let New York’s finest figure it all out.
Report Post »aplingtjayonia
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:19amOff the subject, but I don’t care. How many lives have been saved because of the OWI laws of the past 20 years? I’ts immearsuable. Not because it’s so many, it’s just not measurable. Now what is measurable is how many lives have been destroyed by these laws. The war on drugs, terrorism, I’ll just let you all extraplate on these and just let your minds open up and see the rest of it all. We live in a tyrannical state. Yes we do.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:37amsounds like you got a DWI and you are in need of a bike
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 10:44amHow could a life be destroyed by a drinking and driving law? If say the offender was jailed, and his family suffered because of it; the blame would not be on the law, but the offender.
Report Post »The_Sum_Total_Of_Progressivism_Is_Epic_Failure
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:09amGod, I‘m glad i don’t live in NY city, I’d move too
Report Post »FlowerBell
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:59amSoulless Savage.
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:55amMurder is one thing, burning someone to death to do, is just atrocious. Men go to prison, animals get put down.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 6:15amMaybe gun control worked? But it didn’t!
The murdered found it hard to acquire a gun, so he gave up.
That doesn’t mean that he gave up thoughts of murder. It means he had to find another way. And he did!
The gun controls worked. We have less crimes committed using guns, but we do not have less crime.
Wait until we get copycats.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 10:34am@walkabout
Report Post »The gun laws do not work. When guns are outlawed, then only police forces, and outlaws have them.
You are an outlaw by definition because you have an unlawful gun. Nothing has ever stopped an outlaw from getting a gun. This guy is deranged, and he could have gotten a gun had he wanted one.
He wanted to burn her, for whatever reason, or non-reason.
Gun laws only kept the woman from having a gun, assuming she was a law abiding citizen.
Never let the laws of govenment put your life at risk. Every man should own at least one unregistered gun.
UrbanCombatSurvivor
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:48amI’m sorry to see so many people advocating torture on this comments thread. I don’t believe in torture, and the Constitution bans cruel and unusual punishment.
If I were in charge of his punishment, I would advocate for a single shot to the back of the head. Inexpensive, quick, and he is removed from society. Dump his filthy corpse in a garbage dump and be done with him. Society safer, problem solved, all without any form of cruel attack or punishment.
Report Post »willbedone
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:18amThe better form of punishment for this thug is to let the citizens of the neighborhood find him and torch him just as he did. Cruel? YES, Unusual? Yes. BUT efective, low cost, and sends a message to other thugs in the neighborhood. How many want to be thugs in the neighborhood will want to be crispy critters is to be determined.
Report Post »aiawods
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:50amperhaps our constitution should be amended to include the words “an eye for an eye shall never be percieved as cruel or unusual punishment”. sure has a nice ring to it. our founding fathers did there best and as thier eward, we live in the best country on Earth. if they could’ve seen this or the mother that drove her children into the lake or the mother that drowned her own choldren one by one, perhaps that cruel and unusual clause would be worded quite differently.
Report Post »notreally
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 9:26amJust as captial punishment deters murderers, allowing loved ones to choose the method of putting pigs like this to death would deter such savagery.
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 10:51am@notreally
Report Post »Capital punishment does not deter murder. Where did you get that stat? People who would murder someone never consider the ramifacations of such acts. Capital punishment is as barbaric a remedy for crime as the crime itself. Never give the state the power to take your life, because the state will change the reasons they can put you to death.
The Third Archon
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:40amThat’s an insane way to kill someone.
Report Post »Anglo-Saxon Knight
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:38amIf this animal is caught I wouldn’t hand “it” over to police. This type of animal deserves “REAL” justice. I personally like 4 horses, tied to each arm and leg. But for this “thing” adding fire and rubbing alcohol would be that special touch that is needed. Starter pistol to get the horses moving.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:16amWow! Going the way of William Wallace! That’s different.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 3:40am…and somebody did NOT get the picture NOR understands “Honor” vs. just being a piece of sh….er….cake..
Report Post »Jive Mickey
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 7:58amRipped apart by horses. That’s considered cruel and unusual.
Report Post »However hanging was not considered particularly cruel and not unusual.
demint.disciple
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 8:46amFREEdOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »OBAMA IS A FOUL EVIL TRAITOR
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:35amMuslims & Ubangies, the Death of America.
Report Post »OBAMA IS A FOUL EVIL TRAITOR
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:33amRise of the Planet of the Apes!
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:28am–Glenn, I’d be friggin happy I was out of NYNY geeze, wish I was more than a tankful away from Detroit…
Report Post »pauletterever
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:27amThis is so horrible, I can not even wrap my head around this. Evil in it’s truest form.
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:23amMy God! What are we becoming?
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 10:29amWhats this “we” **** cowboy.
Report Post »Findalis
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:19amHow about this for a punishment:
Tie him to a stake. Spread lard over him. Place wood under his feet. Spray him with gasoline. Light him on fire.
Report Post »robh
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:26amToo kind.
Instead of fifty years, give a family member of the victim fifty minutes with this sub human.
Report Post »Starkadder
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:38amWhy does he deserve the mercy of an accelerant? No lard, no gasoline, just a slow burning wood fire.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 1:37pm@starkadder
Think pizza oven fits the bill. :)
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:17amSuch a horrible attack. My prayers to her family.
BUT I have to say—–PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!!
Everytime a senseless murder or attack on schools (Columbine)…..People say
NEVER thought it would HAPPEN HERE…
Look around where you live…..People are scared.
Report Post »Thieves waiting outside of daycare centers so they grab the moms purses left in cars
Salvation Army Kettles being stolen.
Copper Urns in cemetarys stolen
WAKE UP and KEEP a close WATCH
People are becoming more “demonic”
Thank You Ann Coulter
TXPilot
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:25amIf you show this story to a New York politician and ask him for his opinion, he will say the root of the problem is that elevators need better fire extinguishers in them.
Report Post »imfrzn
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:28amDon’t be afraid… be armed! Lawlessness is on the increase.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:16amI could be glibe and say ‘Law & Order’ did the episode, but AN ACTUAL PERSON died this way. Premidation is beyond 1st grade-Jane & DIck & Spot books…
Report Post »How horrible. Just horrible.