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  • "It is unthinkable that a person would set a fire on her own while they are still inside the house," state fire marshal detective Juan Bailey said.

    Woman Accused Of Burning Home, Self For Sympathy

    POSTED: 6:35 pm EST January 31, 2006
    UPDATED: 9:51 am EST February 1, 2006

    A 35-year-old woman who was seriously burned in a house fire last month was arrested Tuesday after an investigation discovered she apparently set the blaze for sympathy, according to a Local 6 News report.

    Police said Delinda Gibson was rushed to the hospital in December after flames engulfed her home at the Palms mobile home park on Orange Blossom Trail.

    "The moment Gibson was cleared from medical care, investigators took her to jail on charges of setting the fire herself," Local 6 reporter Chris Trenkmann said.

    Gibson initially accused her boyfriend, Terrell Douglas, of setting the fire that injured her. However, Douglas gave investigators cell phone records.

    "You know about your trying to turn everything around on me?" Gibson was heard on a taped phone call. "It's you. It's you. I knew it all along. I'm going to burn them because the truth came out. It just now came out and I knew it. It's all you. You are the liar. You are the cheater."

    Police said Gibson made a call from inside the mobile home after flames engulfed her home.

    "I love you, from my dying bed," she was heard saying on a second call.

    "It is unthinkable that a person would set a fire on her own while they are still inside the house," state fire marshal Detective Juan Bailey said.

    Gibson faces 15 to 30 years in prison if convicted of first-degree arson.

    Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.




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