This was a crime of passion - period. Nobody does that to another human unless they are totally pissed off. This makes the ex-boyfriend suspect #1, regardless of race.
Thank you! I was getting worried that maybe I was in the wrong forum!
Crime of passion?? Really, knocking her unconscious, getting the can of lighter fluid and dousing her, squirting it down her throat and up her nose? This isn’t jerking out a gun and bang, this isn’t picking up a club and bop. This took planning and thinking.