Mizpah Hotel fire

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. The death toll rose to nine by November 3. Two more bodies were located by November 6, bringing the death toll to eleven. The final body was recovered by November 9.

Perpetrator
47-year-old Valerie Moore was immeditately arrested and charged with arson and multiple counts of first-degree murder. Moore had a criminal history in which she was convicted of second-degree murder in 1987, and released on parole in 2005.

On January 19, 2007, Moore plead guilty. On March 17, 2007, she was sentenced to twelve life terms without parole.