ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The charge against an Arlington woman who is accused of setting her boyfriend on fire at a gas station last month has been upgraded to murder.
24-year-old Breana Johnson is accused of dousing her boyfriend, 25-year-old Ricky Doyle, with gasoline during an argument at a station on East Mayfield Road on July 18th.
Arlington Police said video shows Johnson pumping gas into the back seat of their car and intentionally setting it on fire.
Doyle jumped out of the vehicle engulfed in flames and investigators said Johnson jumped back into the car and took off.
Doyle suffered burns on the majority of his body and was declared dead at a Collin County hospital August 2.
Johnson was initially charged with one count of aggravated assault and is being held in the Tarrant County Jail.
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