San Francisco Police are on the lookout for 22-year-old Dexter Oliver after the fiery fiend allegedly set his girlfriend aflame outside of a Bayview laundromat Sunday. According to the victim's sister, Precious Craig, the argument was fueled when 25-year-old victim Starr Lamare wanted to leave her clothes unattended while they washed.
According to Craig, Oliver became upset, threw the clothes down and ran to the home she shares with the victim and their mother to fill up an empty bottle of Pediasure with gasoline. The next thing eyewitnesses saw was Lamare ripping off her flaming sweater and running down the street. Police arrived on the scene at Hollister Avenue and Jennings Street Sunday to find Lamare's sweater smoldering in the street. Lamare was rushed to the burn center at St. Francis Memorial Hospital where she was listed as critical condition, but is expected to recover.
Adding insult to injury, witnesses also claim that Oliver stole the victim's purse before fleeing.
The victim's family says the 25-year-old mother of three and her firebug boyfriend (who is now facing attempted murder charges) had only been dating for about six months, but the arguments were nothing new. "They argue and stuff all the time, but I didn't think it was going to go this far," Precious told KTVU.
Oliver is still at large, although SFPD apparently had his mugshot on file and has plastered it all over the local news. Police are currently combing through neighborhood security footage for more insight as to his whereabouts. He is described as 5-foot-10, 155 pounds and has a haircut featuring a lightning bolt on one side and fish on the other. He was last seen wearing a red and white hoodie and dark pajama pants with a multicolored shamrock print. We can only assume he was wearing those ridiculous pants because it was laundry day.
