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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
Wed May 5, 2021, 02:53 PM May 2021

Maryland woman set home on fire with person inside, then sat in lawn chair to watch: cops

Maryland woman set home on fire with person inside, then sat in lawn chair to watch: cops

By Lauren DeMarco and FOX 5 Digital Team | Published 18 hours ago | Updated 14 hours ago | Maryland | FOX 5 DC

ELKTON, Md. - A Maryland woman set her home on fire with a person inside it and then sat outside in a lawn chair to watch, according to law enforcement.

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The Deputy State Fire Marshals say 47-year-old Gail Metwally set several fires inside the home on Cherry Lane in Elkton.

When firefighters arrived, they say the house was engulfed in flame, and Metwally had been sitting in a lawn chair watching the scene. She later walked away.

Witnesses said another person could be heard crying for help in the basement, and they helped her up through a window.

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Cecil County sheriff’s deputies caught Metwally in the area and transported her to a State Police barrack.

After the fire marshals’ investigation, Metwally was sharged with first and second-degree attempted murder, first-degree arson, first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree malicious burning, two counts of malicious destruction of property and two counts of reckless endangerment.

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Metwally shared the house with three other people. Two of the residents were not home.
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Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
4. Would it have been better if she remained standing?
Wed May 5, 2021, 03:06 PM
May 2021

I'm not sure how the lawn chair gets headline billing in this.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
5. Well it seems extra disturbing that she pulled up a chair as if to enjoy it
Wed May 5, 2021, 03:11 PM
May 2021

That’s the differentiator I think. It’s one thing to stand and watch one’s murderous handiwork; it’s in quite another league to (apparently) relax and enjoy it.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
9. Ha. Will remember the chair is the way to go.
Wed May 5, 2021, 03:31 PM
May 2021

I’m guessing that wasn’t part of her calculus but what do I know. She’s got some tale to tell, tho...

marble falls

(57,080 posts)
10. I believe she has some stories to tell. I don't speculate on the calculus of a mind tuned in to ...
Wed May 5, 2021, 03:42 PM
May 2021

... obscure frequencies only they can access, but I bet there is a calculated hierarchy to everything she does, with levels we can't begin to anticipate.

She did it calmly enough to trap someone and yet doesn't have the patience to wait for the other two to show up. And then pulls up a chair "to see what happens".

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