A 38-year-old Cicero man was charged with torching a Southwest Side building where his estranged girlfriend lived — a Jan. 14 blaze that killed one of her neighbors.
Juan Adame, also known as “Jaime Garcia,” was charged Wednesday with federal arson in the blaze that killed James Maca in the 4200 block of West 63rd.
Macca, 60, died of carbon monoxide intoxication and inhalation of smoke and soot, officials said. Adame’s ex-girlfriend was not home during the fire.
According to charges released Wednesday, Adame used gasoline to start a fire in the second-floor rear apartment.
His ex-girlfriend told federal agents she had dated Adame since August 2011.
She and Adame argued about her plan to visit a sick relative in Mexico, where Adame knew that she had an ex-boyfriend, authorities said. When the woman got to a home she also had in Indiana on Jan. 14, she found her car and some personal belongings were missing. So she sent text messages to Adame, saying she was leaving for Mexico and wanted nothing more to do with him, authorities said.
The arson charge carries a maximum penalty of death or life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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