Mizpah Hotel fire

Mizpah Hotel fire
LocationTonopah, Nevada
DateOctober 31, 2006
Attack type
Arson, mass murder
Deaths12
Injured32
PerpetratorValarie Moore

On October 31, 2006, an arson attack took place 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, Valarie Moore, put a mattress against a door after having a quarrel with a male resident[1], and then set it up in flames.[2] The death toll rose to nine by November 3.[3] Two more bodies were located by November 6, bringing the death toll to eleven.[4][5] The final body was recovered by November 9.[6]

Perpetrator

The perpetrator was identified as 47-year-old Valerie Moore, a casino cook[7], who was immediately arrested and charged with arson and multiple counts of first-degree murder.[8] She was described as a pleasant woman and a good tenant but was also described as having a drinking problem.[9] Moore had a criminal history in which she was convicted of second-degree murder in 1987 for the murder of Kathleen Kennedy, a woman whom she beat to death after arguing over money and for rejecting her sexual advances.[10] Moore was released on parole in 2005 after spending 17 years in prison.[11]

On January 19, 2007, Moore pled guilty.[12][13] On March 17, 2007, she was sentenced to twelve life terms without parole.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Neighbor: Reno Fire Suspect 'Just Flipped' - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. November 2, 2006. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Hotel Fire in Downtown Reno Kills Six". The New York Times. November 1, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  3. ↑ "3 more bodies pulled from burned Reno hotel". NBC News. November 3, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ "2 More Bodies Found at Reno Hotel; Toll in City's Deadliest Fire Is Now 11". The New York Times. November 6, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Reno Hotel Fire Toll Rises To 11". CBS News. November 6, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  6. ↑ "12th body recovered at Reno fire". East Bay Times. November 9, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  7. ↑ ncs-import. "Reno arson suspect served prison time for murder". Nevada Appeal. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Neighbor: Reno Fire Suspect 'Just Flipped'". CBS News. November 2, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2004.
  9. ↑ Press, The Associated Press | The Associated (November 1, 2006). "Woman held in fatal Reno hotel fire". The Denver Post. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
  10. ↑ Press, The Associated (November 3, 2006). "Nevada: Fire Suspect Has Criminal Past". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Nevada: Fire Suspect Has Criminal Past". The New York Times. November 3, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Woman pleads guilty in deadly Reno hotel fire". NBC News. January 19, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Nevada: Arsonist Avoids the Death Penalty". The New York Times. January 20, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Woman to serve 12 life terms for setting Reno fire". Tampa Bay Times. March 17, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Arsonist gets 12 life terms in hotel blaze". Chicago Tribune. March 18, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2024.

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