Houseless woman set on fire while sleeping on bus bench in Van Nuys - Houseless.org



2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of
Christ; that every one may
receive the things [done] in
[his] body, according to that he
hath done, whether [it be] good
or bad.


Human life is not garbage to clear out and even set ablaze as one sees fit.
Please pray and help in a practical manner all those who are victims, as well as,  those who bring harm.

Michael Love, IIO

Below are articles of how low humans can bring themselves to.
No human deserves to be treated as such!



The burned bench where Violet was resting. Dennis Petillo - photo insert - has been arrested in connection with this crime.




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24-year-old suspect Dennis Petillo is being held on $500,000 bail.

VAN NUYS, Calif. (KTLA) — A woman is fighting for her life and a suspect is in custody after she was set on fire while sleeping on a bus bench in Van Nuys.

It happened around 1 a.m. near the corner of Van Nuys Boulevard and Sherman Way.

The victim, a 67-year-old homeless woman who frequented the area, was sleeping on a bus bench outside a Walgreens store.

According to witnesses, the suspect went into the Walgreens and bought some rubbing alcohol, then walked out and doused the woman.

“He went inside to the Walgreens store, bought alcohol and then he just poured it all over the old lady,” said witness Erickson Ipina.

“Then he threw the match on her and started running,” he recalled.

Ipina chased after the suspect and called 911 from his cell phone. Ipina said he was threatened by the suspect with a knife, but police have yet to recover any weapon.

The suspect, said to be 28 years old, was arrested and booked for assault with a deadly weapon.

However, that is expected to be changed to attempted murder.

The victim is hospitalized in extremely critical condition, according to police. If she does not survive, the suspect will face murder charges.


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CBS/AP/ December 27, 2012, 12:53 PM
Woman set on fire in L.A. as she sleeps on bus bench

A burned city bus bench seen in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Thursday Dec. 27,2012 after police arrested a man for allegedly setting a 67-year-old woman on fire who was sleeping on the bus stop bench.
A burned city bus bench seen in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Thursday Dec. 27,2012 after police arrested a man for allegedly setting a 67-year-old woman on fire who was sleeping on the bus stop bench. / Greg Risling


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles police have arrested a man for allegedly setting a 67-year-old woman on fire as she was sleeping on a bus bench.

Authorities say the man, who is in his 20s, was arrested early Thursday. His name was not immediately released.

Police say the attack occurred shortly after 1 a.m. outside a drug store. A witness said he saw a man come out of the store and pour something on the woman before striking a match and setting her ablaze.

The woman, who may be homeless, was taken to a hospital and listed in critical condition.

CBS Los Angeles reports that just before the attack, witness Erickson Ipina reported seeing the suspect, who was dressed in a security jacket, buy what appeared to be rubbing alcohol from a nearby Walgreens.

"He just poured it all over the old lady and then threw the match on her and started running," Ipina said.

Ipina then chased the suspect.

"I said, 'Hey stop right there! Stop right there!' He kept running and I pulled out my cell phone and called 911 and then he just turned back on me and pulled out a knife," he said.

CBS Los Angeles reports that Ipina continued to follow the man until he was arrested by Los Angeles police for attempted murder.

Last week, a 55-year-old man was set on fire as he slept outside a doughnut shop in southern Los Angeles County. No one has been arrested.




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LOS ANGELES | Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:32pm EST

(Reuters) - A homeless woman was in critical condition in a Los Angeles hospital after a man doused her with liquid accelerant and set her on fire as she slept on a bus bench, police said on Thursday.

Officers arrested Dennis Petillo, 24, in connection with the early morning attack, and he has been booked in jail on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.

The woman, whose name has not been released, was being treated at a local hospital with burns all over her body, said Los Angeles police Lieutenant Damian Gutierrez.

Erickson Ipina, a witness to the attack, told local station ABC 7 that he often saw the homeless woman sleeping on the bus bench. Ipina said he chased after the attacker, and called for help on his cell phone.

"I called 911 and he just turned back on me and pulled out a knife, and he told me, 'Stop following me or I will cut you,'" Ipina told ABC 7.

The television station showed images of the bus bench set on fire, which had black burn marks along it.

(Reporting By Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Tim Gaynor and Claudia Parsons)



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Thursday, December 27, 2012

By Darsha Philips and Sid Garcia

VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A homeless woman sleeping on a bus bench was set on fire in Van Nuys early Thursday morning, police said. She remains in extremely critical condition. 

The bus bench was her home, according to those who know her, and her name was Violet.

The incident happened around 1 a.m. on Van Nuys Boulevard and Sherman Way. Police said the suspect walked into a Walgreens store, bought alcohol, walked to the bus bench, poured the alcohol on the victim and set her on fire.

The suspect then ran from the scene, but a witness, Erickson Ipina, was able to chase him down.

"I was following him and then I pulled out my cellphone. I called 911 and he just turned back on me and pulled out a knife, and he told me, 'Stop following me or I will cut you,'" said Ipina.

But Ipina continued following the suspect until police arrived. Investigators said the suspect, whose identity has not been released, is not believed to be homeless.

Police say the 67-year-old victim was severely burned. She was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Robert Wyneken says she was a regular at the nearby Lutheran church.

"We've tried to get her off the bench for years, and she absolutely refuses. That was her home," he said.

Police continue to question the man they detained. It's unclear if he knew the victim.



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