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Man Set On Fire In House, Survives
posted (April 9, 2020)

A man was set on fire yesterday at the Mahogany Heights community on the George Price Highway.

Yesterday evening at 5:40, police responded to the report of a fire in the village and found 25 year old Floyd Escarpeta with burns across his upper body. Reports say he was asleep inside his house when a man he knows walked into his room doused him with gas, and then set him on fire. He fled the scene but was detained shortly after by police.

Escarpeta was rushed to the KHMH, but his condition is unknown at this time.

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