When Jose Luis finally arrived at the apartment that he shared with his roommate, Rey Buckman, he realized that the living room was extremely cold. It was a crisp 76 degrees inside the apartment. Outdoor temperatures in the high desert town of Victorville were over 100 degrees. This was typical for early August. Jose Luis was surprised that the living room was so cold. When he left for work the previous evening, the living room temperature was a sweltering 85 degrees. The previous week, Rey told him that she no longer wanted to pay for using the air conditioner because it was too expensive. The electricity bill for July was over two hundred dollars. Rey could no longer afford to pay her part of the bill because she was recently fired from her job at Walmart. Jose Luis suspected that Rey wa
