Woman 'sets herself on fire' moments before she is arrested by police for killing her husband during domestic violence incident last year Janet Alexander, 69, is in a Houston hospital being treated for burns Alexander set herself and her home on fire while police tried to arrest her on Friday She is suspected of stabbing her husband to death in their home last year Police said Janet Alexander may have killed husband in self-defense Authorities said numerous domestic violence calls came from couple's home
By Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com
Published: 04:30 BST, 20 April 2019 | Updated: 04:30 BST, 20 April 2019
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A booking photo taken of Janet Alexander, 69, in 2015 was released on Friday by the Houston Police Department
A Houston woman set herself on fire on Friday while police were about to arrest her for allegedly killing her husband last year.
Janet Alexander, 69, is recovering in a local hospital after she used gasoline to set herself and her house on fire as law enforcement officials were about to serve her a murder warrant.
Video footage taken by a KHOU-TV helicopter shows one side of the home
