A Queens man was convicted today for the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her toddler.
Jimmy Humphrey was found guilty of strangling Linda Anderson to death and setting her lifeless body on fire. The fire ultimately killed her 2-year-old son, Aiden Hayes, as he searched for his mother through the smoke in their St. Albans apartment.
“I’m not happy about the verdict, I really don’t know how to feel. My little sister, Aiden and Gabriel are all gone,” said Anderson’s heartbroken older brother Rob, 40, outside of Queens Supreme Court.
The 6-foot 2, muscular Humphrey, 25, choked back tears as the forewoman read eight “guilty” verdicts to the court.
Humphrey will be sentenced on March 6.
Anderson, 25, was seven months pregnant with Humphrey’s son — to be named Gabriel — when their complicated relationship escalated to a crime of passion on July 13, 2010.
Humphrey testified that after their altercation he went home to for a few hours to call his girlfriend and called 911 to report the fire from a pay phone three blocks away.
“I’ll be alright, I love ya’ll,” said Humphrey, who faces up to 50 years in prison, to his family.
Both of Anderson’s brothers are expected to give impact statements.