A woman in Falls Church, Virginia, was found dead Wednesday and investigators said the victim had been set on fire.
According to Fairfax County Police Maj. Ed O’Carroll, officers were called to an apartment near the intersection of Roosevelt Boulevard and Wilson Boulevard for a report of a domestic dispute.
“Police officers and the fire and rescue department located a female who was on fire,” O’Carroll said, adding that the woman could not be saved and was pronounced dead at the scene.
“This is a homicide investigation,” O’Carroll said.
According to O’Carroll, police had been called to the home before for previous reports of domestic disputes.