A woman decided to set her house ablaze rather than hand it over to her ex-husband.
State fire investigators said a Paulding County woman set her house on fire, causing the flames to spread to 19 other houses, including Auzalea Godfrey’s.
Godfrey, a neighbor in the Greystone Subdivision, said she could not believe it.
“This is a person who I saw and said ‘Good morning’ to and ‘How you doing?'” Godfrey said. “When she was going through hard times, I fed her and I even prayed with her.”
Paulding County Fire officials told WSBTV News that Adrienne Satterly, 41, of Hiram, was going through a divorce. They said she lost the home to her ex, and she decided to torch it, using items available to her around 3:25 a.m. Sunday morning.
“She stacked a pile of mattresses in the kitchen area of her home on Rosemont Court,” said Paulding County Deputy Fire Commissioner Jay Florence. “We believe she lit them on fire. She put not only herself but her neighbors and first responders in jeopardy.”
Satterly left the house with her two cats, walked to Walmart and called 911, fire officials said.
Firefighters say the fire destroyed four homes and damaged 16 other homes that suffered varying degrees of heat and smoke damage..
Neighbors told Channel 2’s Sophia Choi about how they ran out of their homes with almost nothing but their lives.
“I lost my two dogs, which is the hardest thing because material things can be replaced. But my dogs are my … that breaks my heart,” Godfrey said.
Neighbors said they got no warning and woke up in a panic to the flames and smoke.
Satterly is now in the Paulding County Jail, where she is being held without bond.
She now faces 14 counts of first-degree arson and three counts of aggravated animal cruelty.
She also faces one count of public drunkenness.
Emeh Achanga,the CEO of the Miss Petite Nigeria Brand is a lawyer turned blogger. She is very passionate about writing, with several publications and awards to her credit .She is currently working on publishing a collection of short stories which are basically a memoir about her exciting true experiences.
