Police: Husband sets wife on fire in Apollo Beach

 Beau Zimmer     8 months ago
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Apollo Beach, Florida-- Investigators are trying to sort through what happened inside a Apollo Beach home Tuesday.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says 26-year old Audrey Mabrey was burned over 80 percent of her body.  She's in critical condition.   Investigators say her husband, 44-year old Christopher Hanney doused her with accelerant, before setting her and the house on fire.

Fire rescue crews were called to the home on Oxford Gardens Circle just before 2:30 Tuesday afternoon when a neighbor reported hearing screams and then seeing smoke coming from the home.  Within minutes, witnesses reported seeing the entire home go up in flames.

"I just can't describe it. To walk out your front door and see your neighbor's house on fire, it is really scary," said Collette Neuman who watched from down the street with her young son.

The husband is listed in stable condition, the wife is in critical condition.  

A family friend says the couple shared two small children, and a teenage son the husband had from a previous marriage. None of the kids were at home at the time of the fire.

Neighbors say the husband works as a security agent at Tampa Airport, and his wife worked at a local restaurant.

Beau Zimmer, 10 Connects
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