Woman Survives After Being Tied Up, Set On Fire During Robbery

A Missouri woman is lucky to be alive after a pair of robbers tied her up, set her on fire and left her to burn inside her house. Police said that 22-year-old Vincent Rist and 24-year-old Antonio Bowen broke into the home of the 20-year-old woman on Sunday night. They hit her in the head with a lamp and bound her hands. 

They stole multiple items from her house, including a shotgun. The two then demanded that she tell them combination for her gun safe. When she refused they doused gasoline over her body and threatened to light her on fire if she did not give up the combination. When she refused again, Rist allegedly lit her on fire and told her to burn with her house.

The woman managed to escape the burning home and was able to extinguish the flames that had engulfed her body. She suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns over 30 percent of her body and is listed in fair condition in the ICU at a local hospital. 

The two men were arrested and were both charged with one count of arson, one count of first-degree assault, one count of first-degree burglary, one count of first-degree robbery and three counts of armed criminal action and being held on a $250,000 cash bond.