Kristen Gilliam was desperate to win back her boyfriend after being unceremoniously dumped by him. But she didn’t send him love letters, buy him pricey gifts or beg for a second chance – she burned down his house!
And it wasn’t an act of revenge – she figured if she set fire to his place, he’d have nowhere to live, and he’d HAVE to live with her, Fire Marshal John Paul Erskine explained to The ENQUIRER.
“Talk about crazy,” continued Erskine. “I’ve been doing this for 12 years, and I’ve never had a case like this before. It’s bizarre to say the least.”
But Kristen’s loopy scheme backfired on her. Her stunned ex-boyfriend wants nothing more to do with her – and she’s now been charged with arson!
Kristen, 34, a dispatcher with the Burnet County Sheriff ’s Office in Burnet, Texas, had been dating Scott Keese, also 34, who works as a deputy sheriff in the same department.
Authorities say they broke up on Aug. 16. “They’d had a fight, and he said he didn’t want to see her anymore,” said Burnet fire marshal Erskine.
But, say authorities, later that night, while Scott was working, flames mysteriously erupted at his $160,000, 3-bedroom, single-story home.
“The fire caused $114,000 in damages,” said Erskine. “Four police officers got smoke inhalation pretty bad and had to be transported to the hospital.”
Investigators quickly determined the blaze was started by an arsonist who held a lighter to the foam cushions of the couch. Because of the recent breakup, Kristen was suspect No. 1.
Pick up this week’s issue of The ENQUIRER for more details!
