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Lake Wales Woman Dies Of Burns Suffered In Robbery

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 4, 2008

TAMPA - Juanita Luciano, who was six months' pregnant when she was set on fire while at work, died Thursday, Lake Wales police said.

   Juanita Luciano

Luciano, 23, had been in critical condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center since the incident Dec. 13.

Luciano and her sister-in-law, Yvonne Bustamante, 26, were severely burned after a man doused them with flammable liquid and set them on fire during a robbery attempt at Headley Nationwide Insurance office on Central Avenue in Lake Wales. The women worked in customer service.

Luciano's baby, Michael Bustamante Jr., was delivered by emergency Caesarean section hours after the incident but died Dec. 16.

Yvonne Bustamante died Dec. 18.

Leon Davis Jr., 30, is accused in the deaths of the two women and the child.

Lake Wales police say Davis walked into the insurance office and pulled a gun on the women. He demanded money and then used gasoline or another accelerant to set fire to the office and the two women.

   Yvonne Bustamante

Authorities say Davis also shot a man who tried to help the women. Brandon Greisman suffered a non-life-threatening wound to the nose.

Davis also is charged in the killings of two gas station workers in Lake Alfred six days before the robbery attempt. Ballistics tests matched bullets found in the two men killed at the gas station with a bullet at the scene of the Lake Wales robbery.

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