Overview
- On August 2, 2015, Michael Slager doused Malinowski with gasoline and set her on fire near an Ohio gas station, which police determined was intentional despite his claim of accident.
- Malinowski suffered burns over roughly 90% of her body, fell into a coma, and underwent multiple surgeries in an effort to survive.
- Months later she regained consciousness and recorded a video recounting how she begged Slager for help as he did nothing.
- Malinowski died in June 2017 at age 33, leaving two daughters.
- In 2018 Slager was convicted and sentenced to life without parole, with coverage also detailing her prior ovarian cancer, hysterectomy, and opioid addiction, as well as the couple’s initial connection on social media and his supplying her with drugs.