(KPEL News) – A bizarre and disturbing situation unfolded in Baton Rouge this week as a man was accused of stabbing a woman to death, fleeing, getting into a head-on collision on purpose, and then setting himself on fire.
The woman died Thursday during surgery, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. The man died on Friday.
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According to the Baton Rouge Police Department’s Public Information Office, the man accused of stabbing 23-year-old Stasy Charles to death has been identified as Steven Heinrich Jr.
The terrifying events of Thursday began with Heinrich showing up at Charles’ residence, at which time, police say the man rammed his car into hers, then dragged her out of her car and repeatedly stabbed her…