VIDEO: A Tacoma woman who was convicted of murder and over a dozen counts of arson was sentenced to more than 80 years in prison on Tuesday.
Sarah Jane Ramey set a string of fires in Tacoma and Ruston between late December 2021 and late January 2022, the first of which caused the death of James Elliott, a father and grandfather who lived in North Tacoma on Rosemount Way. Neighbors testified during the trial that Elliott was awake when the fire ignited at his home, and that they desperately tried to reach him before he was found dead of smoke inhalation by firefighters. Elliott had attempted to shelter from the fire in his bathroom.
Elliott's daughter Elizabeth Keating spoke at the sentencing on Tuesday, saying Ramey's actions have hung over her entire family for the last two years.