A Florida mother is facing murder and attempted murder charges after she allegedly set herself and her 2-year-old and 8-month-old children on fire. While the 2-year-old survived, the youngest child died some two months after the incident, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a fire involving 26-year-old Esther Thelus, 8-month-old Davinci Joseph and a 2-year-old boy at a home around 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 26 in the 7000 block of Hiawassee Oaks Drive in Orlando. Thelus had burns to over half her body while burns covered 80 to 90% of Davinci’s body, a probable cause arrest affidavit. The 2-year-old suffered minor burns. Paramedics rushed all three to a hospital. While en route, first responders had to resuscitate the baby. Doctors advised they did not expect the child to survive but he fought for two months until he died on Oct. 25, police say.