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UPDATE: Search Continues for Woman Who Set Sister on Fire

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(KCEN) -- Police are still searching for 31-year-old Iaisha White. They believe she may have traveled to Oklahoma.

Witnesses say around 12:30 Saturday afternoon, the woman got into an argument that turned violent. The victim's sister allegedly doused her with gasoline and ignited the fuel.

White was last seen leaving in a gray or silver four-door Dodge Stratus.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Temple police.

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(KCEN) -- Saturday, July 7, at about 12:30 p.m., Temple Police, along with Temple Fire & Rescue, responded to a residence to a reported domestic disturbance and burn victim. 

Officers arrived and found an adult woman severely burned.  She was quickly taken by ambulance to Scott & White Hospital with life-threatening burns about much of her body.

Officers learned that the woman had been involved in a dispute with a family member, when it became violent.  At that point, the victim's sister allegedly doused the victim with gasoline and ignited the fuel, causing the severe burns to the victim.

The suspect is identified as Iaisha White, age 31, of Temple. She left the scene in a gray or silver Dodge Stratus 4-door car.  Officers searched the area, but she has not been located.

Temple Police Investigators responded to the scene gathered evidence there.  Their primary focus at this point is locating the suspect, Ms. White.

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