Trying to Make Sense of the Woman-on-Fire Story

[“negro sets Pregnant, Raceless Girlfriend on Fire.”]

By Eahilf
Friday, January 21, 2022 at 6:43:00 P.M. EST

“WTF?”

The real “WTF” part of this story is the following:

The woman has third-degree burns on 60% of her body, and is in critical condition. It’s not yet known if her babies will survive.

3rd degree burns are the most serious kind; basically, the skin is charred, blackened, destroyed, not reparable by the body alone – grafts are necessary – and someone with such extensive, severe burns has a low chance of survival.

This study puts it succinctly: In the modern burn care setting, adults with over 40% total body surface area burned and children with over 60% total body surface area burned are at high risk for morbidity and mortality, even in highly specialized centers.

Via a quick search, per other studies I found that tracked outcomes of severely burned patients, she has maybe a 1-in-3 chance of survival – even then, her quality of life after recovery will be greatly diminished compared to what it was before.

Yet the article says:

Sgt. Kyla Williams runs DPD’s domestic violence unit and says the pregnant woman was scared to report what happened to her for fear of retaliation from Marsh.

Sorry, but something is really off with this story: 3rd degree burns over 60% of her body, maybe 30% chance of survival after a painful, arduous recovery, and she's scared to report what happened to her?—she’s worried about what else he might do to her?

This story makes no sense.