Haslington human torch woman dies

The 22-year-old woman who made a human torch of herself because of an apparent argument with her 52-year-old lover, died last Wednesday and was laid to rest yesterday at the Golden Grove Cemetery, East Coast Demerara.

Relatives informed Stabroek News that Shellon Philadelphia  died of medical complications, while undergoing treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital, associated with her receiving third degree burns.

The incident occurred on December 28 last year at the woman’s home in Haslington, East Coast Demerara. Reports from