COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld the murder convictions of a woman who let her three children burn to death in the hopes of cashing in on insurance payoffs.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports https://goo.gl/3pY1sV the high court handed down its decision Monday involving the case of Deborah Nicholls. She was convicted in 2008, about five years after the blaze killed 3-year-old Sierra, 5-year-old Sophia and 11-year-old Jay Nicholls.
Nicholls requested a new trial and argued that her ex-husband’s former cellmate, who listened as he detailed the couple’s involvement in the deaths, shouldn’t have been allowed to testify.
The cellmate said Timothy Nicholls acknowledged covering furniture with a flammable solvent. The father then coaxed the kids onto the furniture with snacks so they would get the liquid on their pajamas before he ignited the blaze.
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Information from: The Gazette, https://www.gazette.com
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