Woman, 60, Dies Almost 2 Weeks After Boyfriend Allegedly Set Her on Fire in Their Home

A 60-year-old woman died almost two weeks after she was allegedly set on fire by her boyfriend in their South Carolina home, according to multiple reports.

Michele Gillis initially suffered third-degree burns to her upper body and face after her boyfriend Harry Wolfe allegedly threw gasoline on her and lit a match as she sat indoors in their Edisto residence on Feb. 8, Wach Fox 57 and WIS 10 reported.

She then died from her injuries on Feb. 20, per the outlets.

According to the reports, which cited the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO), Gillis told authorities that Wolfe entered the living room where she was sitting and said he was “going to get her.” He then allegedly doused her in gasoline and set her on fire using a match.

Wolfe later left the scene and “collided with an Orangeburg Department of Public Safety emergency fire vehicle,” Wach Fox 57 reported. He suffered injuries in the incident and was transported to the MUSC Orangeburg Medical Center, per the outlet.

The suspect confessed to setting Gillis on fire but insisted that he didn’t try to kill her, per an incident report obtained by WIS 10. The document also stated that Gillis claimed the suspect “had been physical in the past,” the outlet said.

Terrance Bottoms, Gillis’ son, claimed to WIS 10 that Wolfe called his aunt and admitted to her that he set Gillis on fire.

“We’re steady asking investigators, ‘What can you tell us? What happened?’ Because the only thing we knew at that point was he called my aunt and said he lit my mother on fire. We didn’t even get a full story of what happened until the news reports came out,” he told the outlet.

“One time is too much because if he did that to my mom, he had to have been physical with her at some point,” added Bottoms.

The investigation is being treated as a domestic violence case, according to Wach Fox 57.

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Wolfe was arrested and is currently in jail without bond, the outlets reported. It is unclear if he currently has legal representation to comment on his behalf.

The OSCO did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Saturday, March 1.

If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.