An Illinois firefighter has been convicted of strangling his pregnant girlfriend and setting the house on fire to cover the murder. Matthew Plote, 36, was found guilty of first-degree murder, intentional homicide of an unborn child, residential arson, aggravated domestic battery, and concealment of a homicidal death. The incident occurred in 2020, just days before the victim's due date. Plote was arrested in March 2022, more than a year after the crime.
An Illinois firefighter has been found guilty of strangling his pregnant girlfriend in 2020, days before her due date, and then setting the house on fire to cover the murder. Matthew Plote , 36, was convicted on March 22 of first-degree murder, intentional homicide of an unborn child, residential arson, aggravated domestic battery, and concealment of a homicidal death. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke coming out of a home on November 25, 2020.
When they arrived, they found heavy smoke and Lamesch unconscious on the kitchen floor. Plote was arrested more than a year later, in March 2022, and charged in connection with the killing of Lamesch and her unborn child. Plote told police in an interview that he had been at Lamesch’s home on the day of the fire, but he denied killing her
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