Jilted

(Photo provided by Arapahoe County Sheriff)

This woman is Naomi Almodovar. She is accused of starting a fire that injured eight people in an apartment complex in Centennial, a suburb south of Denver. Why did she do it?

In court Tuesday, Detective Karl Ditus, a fire investigator with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, said Almodovar was angered by the breakup with a woman she had a relationship with and plotted the fire to exact revenge against the victim and her new boyfriend.

A protection order had been placed against Almodovar from contacting her former girlfriend, but in about a two-month period leading up to the fire, Almodovar made 57 calls or texts to the woman despite the order, Ditus said.

Among texts sent by Almodovar, according to Ditus, was one that said: "I will burn everything you love."

Gasoline was poured in front of a second-story apartment door and the fuel trailed down a hallway where it was ignited, Ditus said.

Residents from upper floors fled the flames using sheets tied together, while some jumped onto mattresses and blankets that neighbors set up or held below.

Almodovar remains in custody on a $1 million bail. The preliminary hearing was scheduled to continue Wednesday.

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