Police: 39-year-old woman in custody after arson caught on camera in Milwaukee

  • Source: WITI Fox Channel 6
  • Published: 06/18/2017 03:30 PM

VIDEO: Milwaukee police said Sunday, June 18th a woman caught on camera setting fire to a home near 12th and Wright on Friday is now in custody. The case against the 39-year-old woman will be presented to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office in the coming days. The family of the woman on Saturday urged her to turn herself in. The arson near 12th and Wright left a 72-year-old man dead, and the video shows a woman was forced to run from the flames. "She climbed on the chair and she got in the window and she poured (the gasoline) in there. She finally asked us, 'one of y'all got a lighter?'" Travonta Richmond said.



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