Raymundo Herrera's Niece Interrupted His Groove, So He Set Her on Fire

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Raymundo Herrera’s Niece Interrupted His Groove, So He Set Her on Fire

October 9, 2009 by Rotten Apple

Filed under: Aggravated Battery, Attempted Murder, Burning, Child Abuse, Crime, battery

Aurora, IL – I like music just as much as the next person, maybe even more. But as much as it can affect my mood, I rarely get homicidal over it. Even if I was forced to listen to Miley Cyrus over and over for days, I’d probably just bang my head on the wall until it split open before I ever tried to kill anyone. That is unless Miley herself was in the room with me – then I promise nothing. But, I digress. Raymundo Herrera, 17, is one of those people that takes their tunes seriously – something his 3 year-old niece had to learn the hard way. When the toddler interrupted Herrera while he was listening to music, he set her on fire.

Raymundo Herrera

The child had just spent a short amount of time upstairs with Herrera when the child’s grandmother and aunt heard a scream. SecondsSeconds reviews later, she came running down the stairs with her clothing on fire. The women extinguished the flames and dialed 911. Herrera, frustrated that the girl kept interrupting him while he was trying to listen to music, had doused the 3 year-old with lighter fluid and set her on fire. WTF? Overreact much? The toddler suffered 3rd degree burns on 18% of her body and was flown to a nearby hospital where she remains.

Herrera fled but was later found walking in the neighborhood by family members. The family brought him back to the scene and held him for police. He was charged with two counts of attempted murder, heinous battery, aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery. He is being held on a $3 million dollar bond.

Relatives are saying that Herrera suffers from a mental issues brought on by a brain injury suffered when he was hit by a car as a child. You have to admit, he is a goofy looking bastard. It would be so much easier for me to accept that this kid was not of sound mind when he did this instead of just having to deal with the chance that he is just another heartless psychopath, however, that still leads me to one question. How the fuck was he able to get access to lighter fluid and fire?

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10 Comments on "Raymundo Herrera’s Niece Interrupted His Groove, So He Set Her on Fire" make up the 115,828 total comments on Dreamin' Demon.

backlash
9:00 am on October 9th, 2009

How the fuck was he able to get access to lighter fluid and fire?

…what was the family thinking? they left a 3 year old around a psycho with lighter fluid…It’s sad how many cases of indolent parenting I read about every day…We should issue licenses to have kids…

Coyote
10:41 am on October 9th, 2009

At least the family isn’t protecting him. If he never hurt the child before, the family wouldn’t even take that into consideration. Not everyone with a brain injury sets little kids on fire.

Boughtthefarm
12:28 pm on October 9th, 2009

HUH?? This is sickening. I can’t believe he was even left alone with a baby. Stupid effing people.

Athena
12:54 pm on October 9th, 2009

At least the family isn’t protecting him. If he never hurt the child before, the family wouldn’t even take that into consideration. Not everyone with a brain injury sets little kids on fire.

Word.

For all we know, he’s never had a violent episode in his life. It’s easy to say, “why was he left alone with that child?!?” but, the reality of the situation is that other family members were in the house and may have had no reason to suspect something like this would ever happen. Now, if he had a history of violence? Sure, we can hold the family accountable to some extent. But we don’t know that.

MadeaBecBec
11:17 pm on October 9th, 2009

Herrera was probably listening to The Ohio Players…….

popeyeray
8:56 pm on October 10th, 2009

She was a sweet, innocent baby girl, sweet little child, my aching head feels for her.

defenestratethis
11:56 pm on October 11th, 2009

Poor baby, she probally just wanted him to play with her. What an asshole.

shadowman
8:22 am on October 12th, 2009

Judging from that goofy fucking look on his face, my theory is he got into it with his 3 year old niece, because they both listen to the same music.

Siobhan
10:52 am on October 12th, 2009

One of the things I truly enjoyed as a FF was the arson courses training I received courtesy of the county’s expense.
One of the things I learned was that when arsonists make homemade molotov cocktails, the ingredients used cause the flammable materials to stick to their target.
I’d like to meet Raymundo in a dark ally somewhere, with said flammables, a baseball bat, and a match.
Then, when all is said and done, my friends and family could use the brain damage excuse, since I had four head concussions as a child.

tonilj80
2:54 pm on October 12th, 2009

Herrera fled but was later found walking in the neighborhood by family members. The family brought him back to the scene and held him for police.

It’s nice to see a family that isn’t defending the actions of these people.

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