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Boiling oil poured on sleeping husband
By RYAN LaFONTAINE
HANCOCK COUNTY - Police are searching for a woman who allegedly dumped a pot of searing-hot cooking oil on her sleeping husband.
"I've been in law enforcement 14 years and that was the worse thing I've ever seen," said Ricky Fayard, lead investigator on the case. "His skin was dripping off of him."
Police believe Edna May Sanders turned on the stove Friday in her Diamondhead home and heated about two quarts of household cooking oil, waited until the grease reached a simmer and her husband was in a sound sleep and then poured it on him, covering his head, face, chest and arms.
"When we got there he was in bad shape; his entire hand, the skin came off, and it looked like a glove," Fayard said.
Authorities said the two have been married only a short time and what led to last week's burning is unclear.
Sanders' husband, whose name has not been released, was airlifted to the burn center at the University of South Alabama in Mobile and treated for third-degree burns. His condition is listed as day-to-day.
Fayard said the man was wearing bluejeans, which may have helped keep his lower body from being burned.
Sanders, whose maiden name is Miller, allegedly fled with the couple's two children.
Hancock investigators have issued a nationwide plea for help in finding Sanders, who faces felony charges of aggravated assault and domestic violence.
Police are asking anyone with information on Sanders' whereabouts to contact the Hancock Sheriff's Department at 467-5101.
The main reason why I never go to sleep after a fight with my wife.
