Evil Dad Chains 3yo In Burning Car

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3-year-old girl dies in burning car with doors chained shut; father in custody
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  • 14 hours ago





NEW YORK -- A 3-year-old girl was killed in a car fire after her father allegedly set a fiery death trap in New York, police said Monday morning.

The New York Fire Department responded shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday after a passerby saw the car parked at an intersection and called 911, officials said.


Firefighters arrived to find a silver 2008 Audi sedan engulfed in flames with the doors of the car chained shut, police sources told WPIX.


Witnesses told responders they saw a girl "burning" in the vehicle. Zoey Pereira was found on the back seat of the car, fire officials said.

The latch of the chains bolted on the doors gave way because of the heat, and firefighters were able to get the child out, FDNY sources said.

Pereira was taken to a hospital, where she died from her injuries. Firefighters found two fuel canisters and a propane tank inside of the car, they said.

A 39-year-old man, who suffered burns throughout his body, was found a short distance away, police said.

Witnesses said they saw the man, who was "on fire," running for his life while the child appeared to be seemingly clinging to life inside of the charred vehicle.

"The fire caught on him, also maybe he was running for his own life," Owen Johnson said. "She was still a little bit alive, but I could tell the time range and the time the FDNY came, she was burned."

The man, whose identity has not been released, was taken into custody and taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition, police said.

He has not yet been charged, police said.

WPIX has learned that a separate interference 911 call was made about the same time of the fire regarding the well-being of Pereira.

The child lived with her mother, sources said. The mother and the father of Pereira were not married and were in the midst of a bitter custody battle, sources said.

The father holds a previous arrest record from 2013 for aggravated harassment. It is unknown if this arrest directly involved the mother of Pereira.

Police are investigating the incident as a homicide.




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