A 72-year-old woman will be charged in the death of a man she set on fire during an argument Tuesday in a nursing home on Delachaise, police said.
Joann Everett was arguing with the 42-year-old victim, whose name has not been released, inside a facility in the 1500 block of Delachaise Street on Tuesday evening when she set him on fire, according to an NOPD news release. The victim “was hospitalized for second- and third-degree burns to approximately 80 to 85 percent of his body,” and died Wednesday, Officer Garry Flot wrote in the release.
Everett, who is also hospitalized, has been charged with aggravated arson and will be booked upon her release, police said.
Everett and the victim were both residents at St. Charles Health Care Center, and the victim was wrapped in gauze when Everett set him ablaze, authorities told The Times Picayune.
