Woman sets another woman on fire in alleged attempted murder: Police

A woman has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly spraying another woman with a flammable substance and lighting her on fire.

A woman has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly spraying another woman with a flammable substance and lighting her on fire. The incident occurred in the early morning on Monday, June 14, at approximately 4:34 a.m. in Council Bluffs, Iowa, when the Council Bluffs Police Department were called to investigate reports of a woman who was found with severe burns all over her body, authorities from the Council Bluffs Police Department said in a statement. When authorities arrived on scene they found the victim, 37-year old Christine Weilage, suffering from severe burns and officers, along with medics from the Council Bluffs Fire Department, immediately transported her to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, to be treated while detectives and crime lab techs gathered evidence at the scene, according to the Council Bluffs Police Department. “At this time the investigation shows that the victim, Christine Weilage, was involved in a disturbance with the suspect, Lindsy Maves,” read the statement regarding the incident from the Council Bluffs Police Department. “At some time during this incident Maves allegedly sprayed a flammable substance on Weilage and then lit her on fire.”