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  • A 28-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with murder, kidnapping and other charges for tying a woman to a chair and setting her on fire, ultimately killing her, in a Cypress Hills apartment because he accused her of stealing his comics, local prosecutors said Wednesday.
  • The charges relate to the events of November 11 last year. At around 12:30 p.m. that day, outside an apartment on Livonia Avenue, Duffie accused his ex-girlfriend, Surgery Ramirez, 40, of stealing and selling his comics, the prosecutor said, citing investigation.
  • According to the inquest, hours later, at around 3:50 a.m., Duffie returned to Ramirez’s apartment and assaulted her, tying her to a chair with string before pouring lighter fluid on her. , to set her on fire and let her burn alive.

NEW YORK – A 28-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with murder, kidnapping and other counts for tying a woman to a chair and setting her on fire, ultimately killing her, in an apartment in Cypress Hills because he accused her of stealing his comic books, local prosecutors said Wednesday.

Lashawn Duffie faces first- and second-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and second- and third-degree robbery after his Jan. 24 arrest, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Duffie was remanded in custody without bond and ordered to return to court on May 3.

If convicted, Duffie faces life in prison. Information about Duffie’s attorney was not immediately available.

The charges relate to the events of November 11 last year. At around 12:30 p.m. that day, outside an apartment on Livonia Avenue, Duffie accused his ex-girlfriend, Surgery Ramirez, 40, of stealing and selling his comics, the prosecutor said, citing investigation.

Duffie then reportedly went to a bodega around the corner where surveillance cameras caught him buying incendiary liquid and a lighter with cash he allegedly stole earlier from a friend of Ramirez’s. .

According to the inquest, hours later, at around 3:50 a.m., Duffie returned to Ramirez’s apartment and assaulted her, tying her to a chair with string before pouring lighter fluid on her. , to set her on fire and let her burn alive.

Duffie was filmed after the horrific attack throwing his shirt, a lighter and Ramirez’s identification papers into a dumpster, the district attorney’s office said.

After firefighters responded to the scene of the fire, they discovered Ramírez’s body. The city medical examiner later determined that he died of severe burns and lethal violence.

“The brutal and completely senseless murder of an innocent woman, allegedly perpetrated by this defendant, shocks the conscience. This type of depraved conduct will not be tolerated,” González said.

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