Family: Woman's Generosity Led to Burning Death (509 hits)
December 30, 2011 NEW YORK (AP) — The weeping, cash-strapped relatives of a woman torched in the elevator of her apartment building said Thursday that she was kindhearted and helped a homeless man and paid with her life. Deloris Gillespie's children told reporters that the 71-year-old had hired Jerome Isaac to do some chores in her Brooklyn apartment. And on Dec. 17, "he ended up killing her," said Gillespie's son, Everett Hayes, holding back tears. "For someone to set someone on fire — that's ridiculous!" he said. "I mean, what is this country coming to?"
