Farley Rhodes (30) killed his girlfriend Starlena Pratt (28) by setting her on fireJust a note: the linked article title states that he "set" her but omits the "on fire". It needs to be added to make sense.
More pertinently: what an evil, callous, excuse for a human being. Being set on fire is amongst the slowest and most painful ways to die.
On a completely unrelated note, after hearing about her being set on fire, I, shamefully, could only think of the Bruce Springsteen classic, "I'm on Fire". I assume that this guy was much worse a human than the pedophile that is alluded to in that song. It's a great song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo1npZWR5qk
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http://mydeathspace.com/article/2008/09/06/Farley_Rhodes_(30)_set_his_girlfriend_Starlena_Pratt_(28)_and_she_was_taken_off_life_support_by_her_family
More pertinently: what an evil, callous, excuse for a human being. Being set on fire is amongst the slowest and most painful ways to die.
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I can't read the article yet, but I already hate this bastard. Death itself doesn't scare me, but suffering does. This must be one of the most horrific ways to die.
*Changed the thread title and URL for the entry*
This is a picture of Farley from the news:
and this is the myspace picture:
are we sure its the same dude?
[quote author=Ron_NYC link=topic=16129.msg996156#msg996156 date=1220668498]
All look the same to me.
[/quote]thats rascist!
[quote author=Karalicious link=topic=16129.msg996163#msg996163 date=1220669402]
thats rascist!
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Nah, he's black so it's not.
[quote author=Karalicious link=topic=16129.msg996154#msg996154 date=1220668093]
This is a picture of Farley from the news:
and this is the myspace picture:
are we sure its the same dude?
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Yeah, we're certain it's him. He has her profile picture in his picture album and a big, "Allen Loves Star" image in the background. See below:
[quote author=bigomet link=topic=16129.msg996258#msg996258 date=1220675236]
Yeah, we're certain it's him. He has her profile picture in his picture album and a big, "Allen Loves Star" image in the background. See below:
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I knew it.
Starlena Pratt screams of redneck too and she must have been from WV, maybe she didn't.
[quote author= his "About Me:"]My name is Allen ~ I live in Charleston ~ I am 30 years old ~ and I am who I am ... I am an easy going person till ya piss me off and then you just need to get the fuck outta my face! But enough about that ~ I have a beautiful girlfriend ~ she is the love of my life ~ and we entend to spend the rest of our life togeather. Theres not much more to tell about me ... but if i left anything out and you wanna know hit me up and ask! [/quote]
What a dick. I can almost understand (but not condone) how in the heat of a fight it can escalate to beating, stabbing, shooting, etc. Triggers are just too easy to pull and bullets can't be recalled and one well-landed punch with a fist or a knife can result in death - but to set someone on fire using an accelerant?!?! How the hell does that happen? What kind of a sick fuck do you have to be? :2angry:
RIP Starlena...
ETA: This happened a month ago and charges have still not been filed against him. Hmmmm... makes me wonder about the circumstances surrounding this.
The house: :-o
Apparently he was arrested shortly after the incident and charged with Arson. I guess they're looking at a murder charge now.
The guy is truly a dick - looks like he beat up his mom too, but she didn't appear in court so the case was dropped. Way to go Mrs. Rhodes, you let your son off the hook so he would be free to kill the "love of his life." Talk about your red flag - any man that can beat up his mom should be avoided like the plague.
http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200808050655
[size=12pt]Arrest made in South Charleston arson[/size]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A man who allegedly set his girlfriend on fire in South Charleston early Saturday was in jail Tuesday on arson charges.
By Rusty Marks
Staff writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A man who allegedly set his girlfriend on fire in South Charleston early Saturday was in jail Tuesday on arson charges.
Lt. R.T. Yeager of the South Charleston Police Department said Farley Allen Rhodes, 31, was charged with two counts of first-degree arson and one count of arson causing serious bodily injury for an attack on his girlfriend, 28-year-old Starlena Pratt.
Pratt was badly burned early Saturday when Rhodes allegedly set her on fire inside an apartment at 314 Third Ave. in South Charleston. Elaine Webber, who lives in the other apartment of the duplex, was home at the time but escaped injury, according to a complaint on file in Kanawha Magistrate Court.
Lawrence Pierce Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008 - Police tape marks a home on Third Avenue in South Charleston where 28-year-old Starlena Pratt was set on fire early Saturday. Police arrested her boyfriend, 31-year-old Farley Allen Rhodes, and charged him with arson in connection with the attack.
David Stevens, a friend of Pratt's, said he, Pratt and Rhodes had been out drinking Friday night and had returned to the house where Rhodes and Pratt were staying when Pratt told Rhodes she was going to leave him. Stevens said Pratt had told him she was being abused by Rhodes.
Marcia Chandler, Pratt's mother, said she had gone to police last month because Pratt told her Rhodes had held her down and choked her. Chandler said Pratt begged her not to make the call.
"She said, 'Mom, please don't call the police,'" Chandler said Monday. "'He said he'd kill me.'"
Stevens, who dated Pratt until about two years ago, said Pratt told Rhodes just before the fire broke out that she was tired of being abused, and said she was going to stay with Stevens. Stevens said Pratt went into the house to get a tote bag, and had gone back for a second load when she came out of the house in flames. Stevens said he tried to put out the fire, and waited with Pratt until help came.
South Charleston firefighters responded to the fire just after midnight. They found Pratt in the yard, badly burned.
Rhodes appears in courthouse records as both Farley Allen Rhodes and Alan Farley Rhodes.
In 2000, he was arrested on domestic battery charges, court records show. The case was dismissed because the alleged victim, 53-year-old Barbara Rhodes, did not show up for court.
Domestic violence complaints were filed against Rhodes in 2003 and 2006, but those records are not available to the public.
Pratt was fighting for her life Tuesday at Cabell Huntington Hospital's burn unit. Rhodes was in the South Central Regional Jail on $100,000 bond.
Reach Rusty Marks at rustyma...@wvgazette.com">rustyma...@wvgazette.com or 348-1215.
ETA: Apparently my photo link isn't working, but you can see the house in the article linked in this message above.
