BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. — A St. Louis County woman is now in custody, three years after she purportedly tried to kill her boyfriend in Memphis by dousing him with gasoline and setting him on fire.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that U.S. Marshals on Friday arrested 38-year-old Tamika Jones of Bellefontaine Neighbors. She is held without bail pending transfer to Shelby County, Tenn., where she faces attempted-murder and assault charges.
Jones is accused of pouring gasoline on Cedric Garrison in May 2012 outside a Memphis convenience store. Authorities say she had been living in Bellefontaine Neighbors under an alias.