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HPD: Woman set on fire as she answered door at home | Alief/Southwest News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "A woman suffered severe burns to 70 percent of her body after being set on fire when she answered the door of her southwest Houston apartment.

The single mother told neighbors who tried to douse the flames on her body late Sunday night that her boyfriend had ignited the inferno, said one man who tried to help. Police continued to search Monday for the man responsible for the attack, but were still trying to confirm his identity.

The victim, identified by her apartment manager as Juana Patricia DeLeon, 33, remains in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital’s Burn Center. Her injuries were so severe that she suffered fourth-degree burns to some parts of her body, said Sgt. Bobby Roberts of the Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division."