UPDATE: Teens Charged With Murder in Lyell Ave. Burning, Victim Identified

UPDATE: The two teens accused of burning a man inside his Lyell Avenue apartment last weekend have been charged with murder.

16-year-old Zayvion Perry and 14-year-old Adriel Riley Junior are also charged with attempted arson.

53-year-old Steven Amenhauser died of his injuries at Strong this morning.

Police say the teens sprayed the man with a flammable liquid as he sat in a chair, then lit the man on fire.

Amenhauser had second- and third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body.

The man who was burned when he was set on fire at a Lyell Avenue apartment has died at the hospital.

Two boys -- ages 16 and 14 -- were arrested this week for the attack on Friday.

Police say the teens sprayed the man with a flammable liquid as he sat in a chair, then lit the man on fire.

The unnamed victim had second- and third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body.

WHAM1180's Bob Lonsberry reports the man was mentally ill, and the 14-year-old had a long juvenile record.


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