A Riverside County Superior Court jury recommended that Michael Cook should get the death penalty

A Riverside County Superior Court jury recommended that Michael Cook should get the death penalty. Cook was convicted April 22 of 3 counts of arson, seven counts of burglary, two counts of murder and one count each of attempted burglary and auto theft in a string of crimes that took place a decade ago. Authorities testified in April that from Jan. 17, 1998 to April 22, 1998, Cook had a pattern of going into mobile home parks, setting fire to trailers and burglarizing neighboring homes. On two occasions in 1998, Florence Mash, 84, and Lucille Quigley, 86, were burned alive in their mobile homes. A sentencing date for the 36-year-old man was set for July 25.