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The family of a British mother who died after being doused with a flammable substance and set alight as she lay in bed in Barbados say they are 'shocked and devastated' by her death.
Luton-born Natalie Crichlow, 44, was visiting family in the West Indies when she was attacked by an unknown intruder in a bedroom at around 2pm.
The mother-of-three, who had survived cancer twice and had two strokes in the past decade, was on a trip to help look after her disabled brother when she was attacked at his home in Christ Church on July 28.
Ms Crichlow suffered 75% burns to her body but died in hospital on August 6, the family say. Police said she managed to flee into the backyard of the house where she was staying before neighbours heard her screams.
Her niece Ashley Best said: 'The intruder broke in the house, then strangled her and then set her alight.
'I do not understand why it happened and we are all in a state of shock. She went into hospital and died of her injuries.
Ms Crichlow, of Colingdale, north London, has three children, aged 10, 20 and 26 years old, who are 'devastated' and want to get her back home to Britain for burial.
The mother, who was also known by the names of Natalee and Karma, had worked in various jobs including as door staff and as a makeup artist.
She had been proudly living as an openly gay woman for a number of years.
Stabroek News in Barbados reported that police are on the hunt for a man who 'barged into a house, choked a woman, doused her with a flammable substance and then set the house on fire'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ies-set-alight-intruder-lay-bed-Barbados.html