Family Identifies Circle K Clerk Set on Fire in Escambia County
WEAR, March 31, 2022
Family has identified the Circle K store clerk who was set on fire Wednesday afternoon.
Joie Hellmich, 37, was confirmed by family to Channel 3 to be the woman who was set on fire at the Circle K on Massachusetts Avenue. Hellmich is a mother of two.
Joie Hellmich
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The sheriff’s office says 30-year-old Betty McFadden doused Joie in gasoline and then lit her on fire a Circle K she worked at in Pensacola Wednesday.
Betty McFadden
Sheriff Chip Simmons says she has suffered severe life-threatening injuries.
A second employee was hospitalized for minor burns after trying to help the clerk.
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Betty McFadden, 30, was told “not to panhandle” outside the service station, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. She then left to retrieve a gas can and brought it back to the service station, dousing a clerk in gas, throwing a match, and setting her on fire.
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McFadden is now in Escambia County Jail, charged with first degree premeditated murder.
