POSTED: 7:22 am PDT September 1, 2006
UPDATED: 8:48 am PDT September 1, 2006
OAKLAND -- Firefighters responding to a call early Friday came upon a gruesome discovery -- a woman hog-tied, badly beaten and rolling in a street engulfed in flames.Authorities said they got a call about 5 a.m. from a neighbor who heard an altercation and saw a fire at 44th and Shafer. The blaze turned out to be the woman and not a structure. Firefighters immediately extinguished the woman and she was transported to a local hospital in serious condition.The victim -- who police say was badly beatened and hog-tied at her wrists and ankles -- was described as an African American female 30-40 years of age. Authorities said she had burns over about 70 percent of her body.Police believe the attack took place in a parking lot between Park Day School and Studio One.Few other details were immediately available. Oakland police were on the scene investigating the incident.
UPDATED: 8:48 am PDT September 1, 2006
OAKLAND -- Firefighters responding to a call early Friday came upon a gruesome discovery -- a woman hog-tied, badly beaten and rolling in a street engulfed in flames.Authorities said they got a call about 5 a.m. from a neighbor who heard an altercation and saw a fire at 44th and Shafer. The blaze turned out to be the woman and not a structure. Firefighters immediately extinguished the woman and she was transported to a local hospital in serious condition.The victim -- who police say was badly beatened and hog-tied at her wrists and ankles -- was described as an African American female 30-40 years of age. Authorities said she had burns over about 70 percent of her body.Police believe the attack took place in a parking lot between Park Day School and Studio One.Few other details were immediately available. Oakland police were on the scene investigating the incident.
