On October 31, 2006, a fire broke out at the Mizpah Hotel in Reno, Nevada killing twelve people. A woman was arrested for starting the fire, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Fire
The fire started at 10:00 PM, when the perpetrator put a mattress against a door, and then set it up in flames.[1] The death toll rose to nine by November 3.[2] Two more bodies were located by November 6, bringing the death toll to eleven.[3][4] The final body was recovered by November 9.[5]
Perpetrator
47-year-old Valerie Moore was immeditately arrested and charged with arson and multiple counts of first-degree murder.[6] Moore had a criminal history in which she was convicted of second-degree murder in 1987, and released on parole in 2005.[7]
On January 19, 2007, Moore plead guilty.[8][9] On March 17, 2007, she was sentenced to twelve life terms without parole.[10][11]