Solano Co. Man Admits Killing Girlfriend, Son In Arson Fire: DA

SOLANO COUNTY, CA — A Vallejo man pleaded guilty in Solano County Superior Court today, Friday, Nov. 3 to the murder of his estranged girlfriend and their 5-year-old son by lighting fire to a bedroom last year. Darrylone Shuemake Sr., 54, also admitted special circumstances of committing multiple murders and committing murder during the commission of an arson, the Solano County District Attorney's Office said.

Shuemake will be sentenced Jan. 5 to life in prison without parole, the District Attorney's Office said. Shuemake was in a domestic dispute with his estranged girlfriend Lametricias Seil-Flood, 45, in her home at 827 Stella Street in Vallejo on May 22, 2016.

In the presence of his and Seil-Flood's 5-year-old son Dayleon, Shuemake poured gasoline and lit it in the home's master bedroom. The boy died at the scene, a 13-year-old boy suffered minor burns and Seil-Flood suffered second-and third-degree burns.

Seil-Flood died July 20, 2016 at UC Davis Medical Center from complications of her burn injuries.

Shuemake surrendered to the Richmond Police Department just days after the deadly blaze.

"Unfortunately, nothing can erase the defendant's heinous and unfathomable criminal conduct, nor take away all the damage, pain, anger and grief he has caused," Solano County District Attorney Krishna Abrams said in a written statement.

Abrams said the plea can provide the family and the community a sense of closure knowing Shuemake will be in prison for life.

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By Bay City News Service

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