A young woman accused of trying to kill her sister by setting her bed on fire while she slept made bizarre Facebook posts days before her arrest.
Addison Brown, 22, allegedly lit the blaze at their home in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 1 before fleeing and leaving her to burn.
Her older sister Breah Brown, 24, ‘woke up with flames next to her’ but was able to roll out of bed and put them out with a pillow and escape injury, police said.
Brown was arrested on September 12 after a months-long investigation and charged with arson, domestic violence attempted murder, and four counts of wanton endangerment.
Days before her arrest she seemed resigned to her fate and made several posts about how she was soon going to jail.
‘I can’t believe I’m going to prison but whatever,’ she wrote.
She later commented below it: ‘Your honor it actually wasn’t that big of a fire. Like seriously.’
Addison Brown, 22, allegedly tried to kill her sister by setting her bed on fire while she slept
Days before her arrest she seemed resigned to her fate and made several posts about how she was soon going to jail
Breah Brown, 24, (pictured) ‘woke up with flames next to her’ but was able to roll out of bed and put them out with a pillow. She later defended her sister online
Brown also shared a photo of a suspect from the Louisville Mugshots Facebook page, writing, ‘This is gone (sic) be me. I ain’t tryna get posted no way.’
A few days later her mugshot was indeed posted on the page.
The accused sister replied to friends asking why she was going to jail, frankly explaining the charges.
‘I allegedly lit my sister’s bed on fire while she was sleeping… I go to jail tomorrow,’ she wrote.
Breah surprisingly defended her sister in her own Facebook comment, claiming Brown was suffering a psychotic break when she lit the fire.
‘She is a good person… she didn’t know what she was doing or saying, she was fighting mental illness,’ she wrote.
‘I know who she is in her heart, she loves everyone, she is friendly, she cares deeply for people. My sister is not some cold-blooded monster.
‘I love my sister, I would do anything for her… we are gonna try to fight this.’
Brown also shared a photo of a suspect from the Louisville Mugshots Facebook page, writing, ‘This is gone (sic) be me. I ain’t tryna get posted no way’
A few days later her mugshot (pictured) was indeed posted on the Facebook page
Louisville Police alleged in court documents that Brown sent texts to several people ‘admitting to intentionally setting the fire in an attempt to kill’ Breah
Breah said her sister was receiving mental help and ‘wasn’t in her right mind’ when she set the fire, and she believed Brown was innocent due to insanity.
‘She is in her right mind again, she don’t remember anything. I don’t blame my sister for having a mental illness,’ she wrote.
Another comment insisted: ‘I’m not dead I’m alive. No one is dead, everyone wants her out.’
Louisville Police alleged in court documents that Brown sent texts to several people ‘admitting to intentionally setting the fire in an attempt to kill’ Breah.
Her sister was one of the people Brown allegedly sent the messages to.
Three other people including a child were at the home when the fire started, which caused $500 worth of damage.
‘The defendant manifested an extreme indifference to the value of human life,’ police alleged in the arrest warrant.
Brown was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections and is yet to be released on bail.
