GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS (AP) -- Grand Prairie police say a 78-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and set on fire by a man who may have been selling magazines.
The woman, whose name wasn't released by police, is recovering at a Dallas hospital from second-degree burns from her chin to her stomach.
Detective John Brimmer says the elderly woman yesterday allowed the man into her home after he said he was doing a communications exercise that would help him get into college.
Brimmer says the attacker told the woman that he earned more "points" by talking to more people.
He said he was a 22-year-old from Chicago named "Daniel" who was living in a motel.
Police believe the man poured rubbing alcohol on the woman before setting her ablaze.
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