Tag: set on fire

Man Sentenced To Death For The Violent Killing Of Girlfriend:

Dane Abdool of Florida has been officially sentenced to death in the burning death of his girlfriend Amelia Sookdeo.

As you may know, Abdool wrapped his 17-year-old girlfriend in duct tape, threw her into a ditch, doused her in gasoline, and then set her on fire. Abdool became enraged after Amelia said she was pregnant. An autopsy later revealed she was not pregnant.

During the trial, Abdool claimed that he was just trying to scare her and the fire was an accident like that somehow makes it all better.

“May almighty God have mercy on your soul,” said Circuit Judge Lisa Munyon.

God may have mercy but hopefully, the state of Florida won’t.

Orlando-area man convicted of setting on fire, killing girlfriend:

Dane Abdool was convicted in the burning death of his girlfriend Amelia Sookdeo.

As you may recall Abdool was accused of wrapping her in duct tape, dousing her in gasoline, then setting her on fire when she told him she was pregnant. Autopsy results stated she wasn’t pregnant at all.

It only took jurors four hours to hand down a guilty verdict.

Abdool is eligible for the death penalty.

Trial Continues For Man Accused Of Burning Girlfriend Alive:

Yesterday in the trial of Dane Abdool an arson investigator testified that in his opinion Abdool intentionally set 17-year-old girlfriend Amelia Sookdeo on fire.

Monday, arson investigators told the jury that Abdool poured gasoline on his sometime-girlfriend Amelia Sookdeo pretty much from head to toe. Investigators said they found gasoline on her face, soaked through all of her clothing and her socks and shoes. They said that 80-percent of her body was burned and that Abdool removed the nozzle from the gas can he used so that the gasoline would pour out more quickly. Gloves were also found at the scene.

A State Fire Marshal investigator told the jury he believes it was an intentional burning because of all of the circumstances involved, including the fact that the arsonist would have had to have been close to the victim.

“The vapors coming off the gasoline would have been more defused out in the open making it more difficult to ignite,” state arson investigator Juan Bailey testified Monday, adding that the igniting device would have to be close to the gasoline to spark it.

Also according to the article, Abdool showed no emotion when shown pictures of Amelia’s charred remains. Well, what did they expect really?

Police: Teen Burned Alive Over Pregnancy:

A 20-year-old man in Ocoee, Fla., was charged with murder after he confessed to pouring gasoline over his ex-girlfriend and then setting her on fire because she may have been pregnant, police told Local 6 News.

Winter Garden police officers investigating a report of a car fire noticed a small fire on the east side of County Road 545 on Feb. 25.

When officers extinguished the flames, they found the body of Amelia Sookdeo, 17, burned beyond recognition.

An investigation into the homicide led to Sookdeo’s ex-boyfriend, Dane Abdool, 20, who at first denied any involvement in the crime, according to the report.

However, when police confronted him with inconsistencies in his story and presented a set of tire marks from his car photographed at the scene, Abdool confessed to the crime, Local 6 News reported.

“He admitted that he had met his former girlfriend that night, she sneaked out and he picked her up and went to his apartment in Ocoee,” Winter Garden Police Chief George Brennan said. “From there they left and had an argument and he took her down County Road 545, forced her out of the car. He poured gasoline on her and ignited it.”

Abdool told police that he was arguing with Sookdeo over her possible pregnancy and he was just trying to scare her, Local 6 News reported.

Here’s the twist…

“The medical examiner found no evidence that she was having a baby,” Local 6 reporter Mike DeForest said.

Way to go, you scumbag. You killed your own girlfriend in one of the most brutal ways possible over something that is supposed to be so beautiful, like bringing a new life into the world, and she wasn’t even pregnant.

I hope the fires of hell burn a million times hotter for you once you get there.

My prayers and condolences go out to the Sookdeo family.