BROOKLYN WOMAN BURNED ALIVE IN ELEVATOR

This is the stuff nightmares are made of: 

A man dressed up in an exterminator's uniform, entered an elevator in a residential apartment building at 203 Underhill Ave in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and got off on the 5th floor. Shortly thereafter, Doris Gillespie, a resident of the building entered the elevator with her recently purchased groceries and also rode up to the 5th floor.

As the elevator door opened, the man approached and sprayed the woman in the face. He then "douses her methodically" from head to toe with some sort of accelerant while she cowers in the corner screaming and trying to cover her face. Then he throws a molotov cocktail in her face and sets her on fire. She burned alive in the elevator while the man escaped. 

OMFG.

This entire incident was captured on video and police are now on the lookout for the man, who is pictured above in the stills taken from the surveillance video. He is thought to be in his 40's, and according to the video, was burned on his hands and face as well. 

Gothamist says that the police actually know who this dude is. 

Again, OMFG.

This incident, coupled with the elevator accident at Y&R that went down earlier in the week and killed a woman, kinda makes me never ever ever want to step foot into an elevator again.  

(via NYT)

UPDATE: It seems as if the suspect turned himself in to police early this morning. Thank fucking gawd.

UPDATE: The dude was officially arrested and charged. Also, he knew the victim and was angry with her as he claimed she owed him money for work he had done.