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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- October 30, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Victims
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A jury has found the man charged with the 2013 murder of 4-year-old Samurai Jenkins guilty.
Jerome C. Lewis, 50, was convicted of first-degree murder with aggravating circumstances, second-degree murder, and first-degree cruelty to children on October 25. He will be sentenced on January 26, 2018 and faces a possible sentence of life without parole.
According to charging documents, Jerome Lewis watched as flames engulfed the house on the 2600 block of 33rd Street, SE with a “calm demeanor”. The government argued that Lewis set fire to his mattress in the early morning of Feb. 17 and watched as the fire spread through the house. Everyone one but little Jenkins escaped uninjured. She was rescued by fire fighters from the second floor of the house but died from her injuries two days later.