Nichole Maks, 35, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of 79-year-old Michael Cerasoli in July 2023 after trying to destroy evidence by setting their shared home on fire and dousing hers ...

She poured Diet Mountain Dew on herself to try to foil DNA collection. Maks was diagnosed with mental illness and had suffered much abuse in her life. She was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Case on Thursday ordered Nichole Maks to serve a sentence of 35 years in a state correctional ... Maks then requested a Diet Mountain Dew, which was provided. “Maks began to procrastinate ...