OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors say they are likely to file upgraded charges against an Omaha man accused of setting fire to his wife nearly three years ago after the woman recently died from her injuries.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that 68-year-old Carl Bohm is currently charged with first-degree arson and two felony counts of assault.
Police say he used gasoline to set fire to the family home in February 2019, severely burning his wife, Janet Franks-Bohn, and injuring his adult daughter.
But the Douglas County Attorney's Office is now reviewing the case after Franks-Bohm's recently died in a Colorado hospital. She underwent more than 30 surgeries after the fire to try to repair the damage from extensive third-degree burns.