Saturday, April 5, 2008

55 Year Old Woman Burned to Death in Florida


ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Someone burned a woman alive outside her home near Bithlo early Friday morning, but deputies don't even know if it was a crime. The victim died in the hospital Friday afternoon after she was burned on Marsh Creek Lane.
"'Help me! Help me! I'm burning! I'm gonna die,'" Marta said Ratcliff was screaming. Marta brought out a blanket to cover up Ratcliff, but said her neighbor of several years was almost unrecognizable.
"'Help me! Help me! I'm burning! I'm gonna die,'" Marta said Ratcliff was screaming.

Marta brought out a blanket to cover up Ratcliff, but said her neighbor of several years was almost unrecognizable.

Authorities initially thought two suspects dragged the woman from her home and set her on fire, but after questioning one person of interest for hours, they let him go and mysteriously announced they were no longer treating the case as a homicide.

"I'm speechless now," Marta said after hearing it wasn't being considered a homicide, but she said she could never imagine Ratcliff hurting herself on purpose.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office is now only calling the incident a death investigation. No one will elaborate beyond that...

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