A Bay Area wildfire that formed part of the historic conflagration that burned a quarter million acres of California in 2020 was started by a murderer trying to dispose the body of a woman he killed.
Victor Serriteno, 33, of Vacaville was found guilty of multiple counts of murder and arson in Solano County Superior Court on Friday and faces 73 years to life in state prison, the county district attorney’s office announced.
Priscilla Castro, a 32-year-old mother from Vallejo, was last seen alive at about 6 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2020. That evening, she drove to Vacaville for a prearranged date with Serriteno, whom she had met on a dating app.
Her family grew worried when they were unable to reach her on her cellphone and, after noticing no activity on social media for two days, reported her missing. On Aug. 18, officers found Castro’s abandoned 2007 Mercedes-Benz C230 on the 100 block of Bush Street in Vacaville. The family searched the streets of Vacaville, handing out flyers and posting her image on social media, to no avail.