The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The man accused of burning a woman to death in a New York City elevator boasted to police they’d still be looking for him if it had not been caught on video.
Court papers revealed at Jerome Isaac’s arraignment Thursday also claim Isaac drank alcohol and went to sleep after the alleged attack.
The handyman is accused of dousing 73-year-old Deloris Gillespie with gas and setting her ablaze as she tried to exit the elevator at her apartment building on Dec. 17.
Surveillance cameras captured Isaac wearing an exterminator’s mask and gloves as he ignited her with a barbecue lighter.
Isaac pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Brooklyn Supreme Court. The judge refused to set bail.
Isaac told police Gillespie owed him money.