Seattle police: Woman lit sleeping boyfriend on fire
SEATTLE -- A Seattle woman accused of lighting her boyfriend on fire now faces an assault charge.
King County prosecutors contend April Lee Frederick's arson attempt on boyfriend Roger Seela was only discovered days later after police arrested Seela suspecting he'd beaten Frederick.
The homeless couple was apparently hanging out near Fourth Avenue South and South Spokane Street during both attacks.
Shortly before 10 p.m. on Feb. 22, Seattle officers found Frederick, 60, in the area bleeding from an apparent broken nose. Officers came to believe Seela, 41, punched her in the face and arrested him.
Doing so, officers discovered severe burns on Seela's back and hands, and realized his clothing was burned.
According to charging documents, Seela told police Frederick lit him on fire as he slept two days before near the Duwamish River. He told police he woke to see Frederick laughing and holding a butane torch.
Police arrested Frederick, who is alleged to have threatened to burn Seela again.
"If he hits me, then I'll burn his ass up!" Frederick said as police arrested her, according to charging documents.
Seela told police he didn't contact authorities initially because he didn't want Frederick to get into trouble. He also claimed Frederick previously stabbed him in the face. According to charging documents, he had the scar to show for it.
Frederick has been charged with second-degree assault and remains jailed. Seela has not yet been charged in the matter.
King County prosecutors contend April Lee Frederick's arson attempt on boyfriend Roger Seela was only discovered days later after police arrested Seela suspecting he'd beaten Frederick.
The homeless couple was apparently hanging out near Fourth Avenue South and South Spokane Street during both attacks.
Shortly before 10 p.m. on Feb. 22, Seattle officers found Frederick, 60, in the area bleeding from an apparent broken nose. Officers came to believe Seela, 41, punched her in the face and arrested him.
Doing so, officers discovered severe burns on Seela's back and hands, and realized his clothing was burned.
According to charging documents, Seela told police Frederick lit him on fire as he slept two days before near the Duwamish River. He told police he woke to see Frederick laughing and holding a butane torch.
Police arrested Frederick, who is alleged to have threatened to burn Seela again.
"If he hits me, then I'll burn his ass up!" Frederick said as police arrested her, according to charging documents.
Seela told police he didn't contact authorities initially because he didn't want Frederick to get into trouble. He also claimed Frederick previously stabbed him in the face. According to charging documents, he had the scar to show for it.
Frederick has been charged with second-degree assault and remains jailed. Seela has not yet been charged in the matter.
One can only hope that neither one of them are ever granted a CPL, or if either oneÂ
might actually have one it should revoked immediately. It sounds as if neither one ofÂ
them can control their tempers or emotions.
Why I sad that just yesterday-Â "boyfriend if you hit me again I'll burn your ass up!"Â It was right before we dined on crumpets and tea!
Now that's some true love right there.
I'm so happy to hear that these people live in my city!Â
Love hurts
Why sure, it's easy...even by me not reading the story and only the title I see why she did what she did!! Perfect explanation!! ...You see her and her boyfriend if that's what you want to call him, are homeless and sleeping under the 4th avenue bridge where it's been as low as the 20's and low 30's lately and so heck, bammmmmmmm why not she says to herself!! I'll build a fire to keep warm....Now there are no wood piles anywhere, so why not use my friends body to keep me warm....No not physically....but I'll set him a blaze!! He should burn for a while!!! Thanks dude for being my boy friend!!Â
These are the kinds of things that happen, when mentally ill people live on the streets.
Wow what a way to get off the streets. You know I understand homeless people have rights too. But if they give this person fines to pay. They wont' pay them. they wont have any money to pay for them. Sometimes I just wonder what our system is thinking or doing.Â
just like the song...and you... light up my life, you light up my days, we'll carry on...:)
@lilac I'm burnin' I'm burnin' I'm burnin' for you!
@lilac 'Come on baby, light my fire. Tryna set the night on fiiiirrree...'
@shipwrecked_and_comatose @lilac Come on set the night on fiiiiirrrreee!
Time to find a new place to live, and end the relationship...
" King County prosecutors contend April Lee Frederick's arson attempt on boyfriend Roger Seela was only discovered days later after police arrested Seela suspecting he'd beaten Frederick."...so you light someone on fire and they call it attempted arson? Not attempted murder?
True loves burning desire. You can't make this stuff up. LOL
Nothing good happens under a bridge at 2:00am..
Maybe she just wanted a hotter boyfriend?
I bet she's one hot homeless cougar... Â he probably didn't want to feel like he was sending his mother to jail.
They deserve each other.
A match made in Hell...
@Howard Beale Er... strike that. ;-]
Sounds like these 2 really deserve each other. They definitely seem to carry a torch for each other. ;)
@Zoso Exactly!
True love in the making
free em both and the issue will take care of itself with no taxpayer dollers wasted.
@Keysontheright I agree. Let nature take its course.
Ahhhhh true love. Aint it grand?
Sound like a couple meant for each other..