A woman who was doused with gasoline and set on fire by her ex-boyfriend has died nearly two years after the attack.
Judy Malinowski, 33, died on Tuesday, her mother Bonnie Bowes confirmed.
'That child suffered for two years to tell her own story, who has the strength to do it?' Bowes said.
The mother-of-two suffered fourth- and fifth-degree burns to 80 per cent of her body when her ex-boyfriend, 41-year-old Michael Slager, set her on fire at a Gahanna, Ohio gas station after a fight in August 2015.
Judy Malinowski, the 33-year-old woman who was set on fire by her ex-boyfriend nearly two years ago, has died, her mother confirmed on Tuesday (mother and daughter pictured above)
Above, is the Gahanna, Ohio gas station where Slager set Malinowski on fire in August 2015
Malinowski is survived by two daughters, who are now 13 and nine years old
Initially, Slager claimed that he didn't mean to set her on fire. He said that he accidentally ignited the fuel when he lit a cigarette.
Both of Malinowski's ears and parts of her fingers were melted off in the fire, and she lost the ability to speak above a whisper due to extensive damage to her trachea. She lost the ability to walk and needed a ventilator to help her breathe.