HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (Court TV) — A Tennessee man is facing charges, including murder and arson, after he allegedly set a woman on fire.
Christopher Medula is charged with murdering a woman by setting her on fire. (Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office)
Investigators say Christopher Alan Medula, 39, tried to flee the scene after the attack, but was detained by a witness at gunpoint. Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene on Clift Eldridge Road on Nov. 11, after receiving a call that a suspect had set his grandmother on fire.
The victim was lying in the driveway when officers arrived, with severe burns covering most of her body. With her last breaths, she told officers, “Chris did it,” “He poured gas on me,” and “He’s lost it,” in statements recorded by a deputy’s body-worn camera…