Police: Caller listens as woman set on fire

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Raw video shows the scene where a woman was found burned to death

HICKORY, NC -- Police say they are looking for the person who set a woman on fire while she was talking on the phone.

The victim died after the attack with severe burns to her upper body.

A neighbor says her roommate was speaking to the 50-year-old on the phone when she suddenly began screaming through the phone.

They ran to the woman's home and found her lying in the yard next to the driveway.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the case if possibly a domestic homicide, and they are looking for a person of interest.

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