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Christopher Gillie, 61, was formally arraigned on the charges Friday, and the Bucks County DA filed notice of aggravating circumstances in the murder case against the man from Dunmore, Lackawanna Cou…
According to court documents, Julius Delick, 81, was killed in the blaze. He was found in a second-floor bedroom.
Christopher Gillie, 61, of Lackawanna County, allegedly stole his roommate's car and used it to drive to her parents' home in Bucks County, where he started a fire on Sunday morning that killed her father, 81-year-old Julius Drelick, prosecutors said. Phyllis Drelick managed to escape the home, but could not help her husband, whose disability prevented him from leaving when the fire short-circuited a chairlift. Gillie is charged with homicide and multiple related offenses in the incident.