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Relatives advised to make funeral arrangements for burnt woman
Medical practitioners have advised family members of 25-year-old Ashawnti Parris, the woman who said that she was set on fire by her lover on April 7, last, to make funeral arrangements.
Ashawnti Parris
Parris, a mother of one, is still clinging to life.
The woman, who reportedly said that her lover burnt her in their Linden home after he thought she had an abortion, is nursing fourth degree burns to her entire body.
“The doctors said all the layers of her skin were burnt. They cannot find any ‘good’ skin to repair other parts of her body…everything burnt, even her teeth,” a relative had told this newspaper.
The woman is currently nursing her injuries in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Burns Care Unit.
Yesterday, the woman’s mother, Kathleen Waldron, said that at first her daughter was speaking but now due to her condition, she cannot talk. Her health, the mother said, continues to deteriorate.
The man, who allegedly set Parris on fire was arrested but has been released.
A police source told this newspaper that the suspect has denied being at the house when his partner was burnt.
The victim had given police a statement saying that she had burnt herself and that her lover was in no way involved.
However, three days later, she reportedly confessed that she was tied and set ablaze by the suspect, with whom she had been living for eight months.
It is unclear why the woman did not provide police with the truth in the first instance.
Investigators are now baffled by the two statements given by the woman.
According to the woman, around 11:30 hrs on April 7, she and her partner were involved in an argument.
The woman’s mother said that her daughter explained to a family member and a police detective from Linden, that her partner thought she had an abortion.
After the argument, the suspect allegedly took Parris inside the house and tied her hands together before pouring kerosene on her.
“She said that he then lighted her on fire and run out the house. And he (the partner) wasn’t the one who saved her, it was some boy who run in the house and helped her,” the relative who was in the room when Parris made her confession, said.
Waldron explained that her daughter would sometimes miss her menstruation. “He (Ashawnti’s partner) probably thought she was pregnant but she wasn’t because she went by me the Monday and she got her period right by me. She called him and ask him to drop underwear for her and a pad,” the mother recalled.
She added that later that day, her daughter and partner got into an argument but she was not aware what had caused the argument. Investigations are ongoing.
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