Man Sets Another Woman On Fire! Suspect Caught!

An ex-boyfriend sets Ashanti Downey on fire.

While President-elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans exploit the tragic arson and murder of a woman riding on a New York City subway, they ignore the other woman set on fire by another attempted murderer. The suspect was a mentally ill immigrant from Guatemala. 

The victim of the recent arson was a young Black woman attacked in the same fashion in North Carolina.

Oh by the way, I want to issue a correction. The victim was not identified as previously posted. The victim was burned so badly, the New York Police Department forensics must do DNA testing to confirm if the victim was a resident of the city.

Ashanti Downey didn't get the mammoth coverage of the junk food media.

No one was filming her while being burned alive. People actually tried to save her life and they identified the person who tried to murder her.

It happened in Sanford, North Carolina.

Downey was walking to a Dollar Tree when the suspect poured gasoline on her and set her on fire.

On Dec. 16, the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office got a 911 call from a staff member at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford about a burn victim.

Investigators found 20-year-old Ashanti Downey who was taken to the emergency room suffering from burns on the right side of her body.

She was taken to a burn center where she was in critical, but stable condition.

This man was rejected by his former girlfriend. So he decided to set her on fire as an act of revenge.

On Friday, investigators arrested 23-year-old Jami Raiziah Griffin. He was charged with attempted murder, assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and assault onfemale/domestic violence.

Griffin is being held in the Harnett County Detention Center without bond.

An online GoFundMe campaign had raised over $85,000 for Downey’s medical care as of Saturday morning.

“My daughter will be celebrating her 21st birthday on January 1, 2025, and due to the hatred of an individual or individuals, her life will be forever changed,” her mother, Donecia Davis. wrote on the fundraiser page. “No parent should have to see their child in the condition my daughter is in. I am making her my top priority and have been by her side at the hospital since this incident occurred.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Ronald Beasley at 910-893-0151 or the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office at 910-893-9111.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Attempted murder, arson, stalking, menacing and kidnapping. If found guilty, he could serve LIFE without graduation, labeled a TIER III arsonist, TIER III in Offender U and the suspect as well as his family will have to foot the bill for Ashanti's treatment.