(KRON) — After years of legal delays and an overturned conviction, a man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and ignited her body on fire in their Palo Alto home was found guilty for a second time.
Bulos “Paul” Zumot was convicted by a jury following a retrial this week. On October 15, 2009, Jennifer Schipsi was slain and set on fire inside a Palo Alto cottage on Addison Avenue where she lived with Zumot.
Leading up to the killing and arson fire, Zumot owned a hookah shop and was required to attend domestic violence classes in San Jose. Before one of his classes, he strangled Schipsi because she told him she was leaving their relationship and would be reporting him to police, according to prosecutors…