
A Florida woman who poured diet Mountain Dew on her head in an attempt to corrupt potential DNA samples was sentenced this week for killing her elderly roommate. Maks murdered her roommate, Michael Cerasoli, 79, by beating him with a hammer and stabbing him with a knife, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.
After the murder, Maks set the upstairs on fire. She pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, arson, evidence tampering and resisting with violence, the newspaper reported.