A Monmouth County woman serving 100 years in prison after being convicted of killing her two toddlers in a car fire in 1994 wants a new trial, court documents show.
Lawyers for Maria Dolores Montalvo, 61, have requested a new trial in her murder conviction, citing advances in arson science that cast doubt on the validity of expert testimony from her 1996 trial.
Montalvo, of Union Beach, was charged in 1994 with murder and aggravated arson after she lit her car on fire with her two children, 28-month-old Raphael and 18-month-old Zonaida, inside, officials said…