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Amelia Sookdeo (17) was burned alive by an ex-boyfriend who thought she was pregnant
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Published: Apr 19, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Amelia Sookdeo (17)
Date:
Feb 25, 2006
Cause of Death:
Fire
Location:
Winter Garden, Florida
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A 17-year-old girl who was doused with gasoline and burned alive because her ex-boyfriend thought she was having a baby was likely not pregnant, according to a medical examiner involved in the case.
Thursday, Dane Abdool, 20, of Ocoee, Fla., was charged with murder after confessing to setting Amelia Sookdeo on fire because she may have been pregnant, police told Local 6 News.
"The medical examiner found no evidence that she was having a baby," Local 6 reporter Mike DeForest said Friday.
Winter Garden police said the initial investigation into Sookdeo''s death began on Feb. 25 when officers noticed a small fire on the east side of County Road 545.
When officers extinguished the flames, they found Sookdeo''s body burned beyond recognition.
Sookdeo was reported missing by her mother earlier the same day after she left her home through a window without her parents'' knowledge.
An investigation into the homicide led to Abdool, who at first denied any involvement in the crime, according to the report.
However, when police confronted him with inconsistencies in his story and presented a set of tire marks from his car photographed at the scene, Abdool confessed to the crime, Local 6 News reported.
"He admitted that he had met his former girlfriend that night, she sneaked out and he picked her up and went to his apartment in Ocoee," Winter Garden Police Chief George Brennan said. "From there they left and had an argument and he took her down County Road 545, forced her out of the car. He poured gasoline on her and ignited it."
Abdool told police that he was arguing with Sookdeo over her possible pregnancy and he was just trying to scare her, Local 6 News reported.
Duct tape was found at the scene, along with gloves to which Abdool would have had access to at his work, police said.
Abdool was charged with first-degree murder late Thursday.
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