Melissa Dawn Sellers has been charged with aggravated battery after she set her boyfriend on fire following a fight over their dinner. According to the police, she used a lighter or cigarette to set Carlos Ortiz Jr on fire after dousing him in nail polish remover.
The 42-year-old victim, who is reportedly in critical condition, was taken to hospital with burns on his face, chest, and soldiers.
Police believe that the couple got into an argument following a night of drinking. Local reports say that the fight started when the victim threw out the spaghetti and meatballs cooked by the suspect, prompting her to fly into a rage.
Neighbour, Ines Causevic, was quoted by Bay 9 News as saying: "She was setting little objects on fire, then that turned into pouring nail polish remover all over him, and then all of a sudden, the lighter sparked and he lit on fire.”
"When he got up, his face was like melting off, it was pink and sore.”
"His lips were burning."
