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San Francisco police search for man who set girlfriend on fire

The Associated Press / Times Colonist
January 6, 2013

A detective takes information from a possible witness near the home of a woman who was set on fire Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco police say a woman is hospitalized with what are being described as "life-threatening injuries" after someone poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire. Police spokesman Officer Carlos Manfredi says officers were called to the city's Bayview District a little after noon by people who reported a woman screaming. When officers arrived they found a women suffering from what Manfredi described as "severe burns." The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was taken to a hospital where she is being treated at a burn center. Her name has not been released. Police did not immediately release any suspect information. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco police searched Sunday for a man suspected of throwing a flammable liquid at his girlfriend and severely burning her.

Officer Carlos Manfredi said witnesses in the city's Bayview District reported hearing the woman screaming. She was taken to a hospital burn unit with life-threatening injuries.

Investigators believe her attacker was 22-year-old Dexter Oliver.

Manfredi said Oliver had a "dating relationship" with the woman, but he did not know the circumstances that led to the attack.

The victim's sister told KGO-TV that Oliver doused his girlfriend with gasoline and lit her on fire during an argument at a nearby Laundromat.

Precious Craig said most of her sister's face was burnt, and that the family expects her to recover.

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