UPDATE: Man who allegedly set partner on fire dies

Kevin Cadogan, a 34-year-old man who allegedly set his partner on fire, has succumbed to injuries he received during the incident.

Mezona Ronaldo, a young mother of one, was reportedly set afire by Cadogan at Moblissa, Linden/Soesdyke Highway just after midnight on Thursday, and she subsequently died.vCadogan was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Police Headquarters in an update said he succumbed to his injuries at about 03:30hrs on Saturday.

Mezona’s father, Foster Ronaldo, who spoke with the News Room, said his daughter had been in a relationship with Cadogan for about a year. During this time, Foster alleged that his daughter was abused by Cadogan and just a few weeks ago, he [Cadogan] cut off her hair. He shared that Mezona had been planning to leave the relationship and had asked him to build her a house.

“She did tell me that she need a house and I was working on her house and she tell me that as soon as her house finish she will move out,” the grieving father said.

While Foster and other relatives insist that she was deliberately set alight by her partner, a different account was given by Kevin’s mother to the police.

The mother, Patricia Williams, claimed she was awakened to screams of “Help!” from her son, Kevin. Williams said she found the couple with burns on their bodies.

Williams said she spoke with the couple, and they said Mezona was cooking in the kitchen and the gas bottle caught afire, and he (Kevin) went and held onto (Mezona) to put the fire out.

Mezona’s father said he is doubtful that she would have been cooking at 1:30 a.m., the time the incident reportedly occurred. Foster also told the News Room that the gas bottle was fine, and he added that the chair his daughter was sitting in was the only burnt item in the house.

“Just where she went in the chair she get burn up cause nowhere else in the house burn, just the chair burn up,” the father said.

Foster further disputed claims that Mezona spoke to Kevin’s mother after the incident to confirm that it was the gas bottle that exploded and said his daughter could not speak after the incident.

Mezona was a part-time worker, and according to Foster, she was very hardworking.

After the incident, the couple was taken to the Mackenzie Hospital, where they were both seen and medically examined by a doctor who referred them to the Georgetown Public Hospital for further medical attention.

Mezona succumbed while receiving medical attention.