Police hunt suspect after woman set on fire in California

 San Francisco police search for suspect: Dexter Oliver. IMAGE
AP Photo: San Francisco Police Department. San Francisco police search for suspect: Dexter Oliver. IMAGE

San Francisco police investigators are searching for Dexter Oliver, whom they suspect attacked his girlfriend and set her on fire.

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police searched Sunday for a man suspected of throwing a flammable liquid at his girlfriend and severely burning her.

Officer Carlos Manfredi said witnesses in the city's Bayview District reported hearing the woman screaming. She was taken to a hospital burn unit with life-threatening injuries.

Video: Woman set on fire, boyfriend sought

Investigators believe her attacker was 22-year-old Dexter Oliver.

Manfredi said Oliver had a "dating relationship" with the woman, but he did not know the circumstances that led to the attack.

The victim's sister told KGO-TV that Oliver doused his girlfriend with gasoline and lit her on fire during an argument at a nearby laundromat.

Precious Craig said most of her sister's face was burnt and that the family expects her to recover.

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