{"id":350625,"date":"2026-07-24T00:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350625\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T00:47:44","slug":"miami-dade-deputies-woman-confesses-to-2024-valentines-day-murder-with-alcohol-and-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350625\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade deputies: Woman confesses to 2024 Valentine\u2019s Day murder with alcohol and fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 A 62-year-old woman faced charges on Thursday after she confessed to fatally burning a woman on Valentine\u2019s Day 2024 at their apartment in Miami-Dade County\u2019s Brownsville area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/07\/23\/agentes-de-miami-dade-mujer-confiesa-asesinato-con-alcohol-y-fuego-en-brownsville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/07\/23\/agentes-de-miami-dade-mujer-confiesa-asesinato-con-alcohol-y-fuego-en-brownsville\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Shannon Stork told deputies on Wednesday that she and the victim, who deputies described as a \u201croommate\/partner,\u201d were experiencing \u201cpersonal issues\u201d before the fire at 5225 NW 29 Ave. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Stork \u201cadmitted to trying to scare the victim by squeezing a bottle of isopropyl alcohol toward the victim, dousing the victim in the liquid, and holding a flame to the liquid and the victim\u2019s skin, causing the burn injuries to the victim,\u201d a Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy wrote, according to the arrest report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took Stork and the victim, who suffered upper body burns, to Jackson Memorial Hospital\u2019s Ryder Trauma Center, according to the deputy\u2019s arrest report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe victim was initially conscious but was later intubated, which is how she remained until she ultimately succumbed to her injuries on Monday, March 18, 2024, at 9:30 a.m.,\u201d a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Stork initially claimed that the victim was using alcohol to clean a pair of shoes and then lit a cigarette and went on to provide different accounts, according to the report. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives personnel \u201cconfirmed\u201d that the version of events that Stork described was \u201cnot possible to recreate,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/W252ZR4QPJB6RERO34P6DOBDFY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"438\"\/>BOND COURT: Shannon Stork appeared in bond court before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Deputies arrested Stork shortly after 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday, and corrections booked her shortly after 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, records show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Stork appeared in court before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer on Thursday morning. She faced three charges in two new pending cases. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a crack cocaine case, Stork faced a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Her bond was $2,500. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a domestic violence case, Stork faced two charges: Second-degree murder and arson causing great bodily harm, according to court records. Glazer denied her bond and ordered pre-trial detention. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A 62-year-old woman faced charges on Thursday after she confessed to fatally burning a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-350625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}