MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 62-year-old woman faced charges on Thursday after she confessed to fatally burning a woman on Valentine’s Day 2024 at their apartment in Miami-Dade County’s Brownsville area.
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Shannon Stork told deputies on Wednesday that she and the victim, who deputies described as a “roommate/partner,” were experiencing “personal issues” before the fire at 5225 NW 29 Ave.
Stork “admitted to trying to scare the victim by squeezing a bottle of isopropyl alcohol toward the victim, dousing the victim in the liquid, and holding a flame to the liquid and the victim’s skin, causing the burn injuries to the victim,” a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took Stork and the victim, who suffered upper body burns, to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, according to the deputy’s arrest report.
“The victim was initially conscious but was later intubated, which is how she remained until she ultimately succumbed to her injuries on Monday, March 18, 2024, at 9:30 a.m.,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.
Stork initially claimed that the victim was using alcohol to clean a pair of shoes and then lit a cigarette and went on to provide different accounts, according to the report.
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Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives personnel “confirmed” that the version of events that Stork described was “not possible to recreate,” according to the report.
Deputies arrested Stork shortly after 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday, and corrections booked her shortly after 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, records show.
Stork appeared in court before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer on Thursday morning. She faced three charges in two new pending cases.
In a crack cocaine case, Stork faced a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Her bond was $2,500.
In a domestic violence case, Stork faced two charges: Second-degree murder and arson causing great bodily harm, according to court records. Glazer denied her bond and ordered pre-trial detention.
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