Kamron Kearney was sentenced to 47 years Monday for the incident that happened over two years ago.
SAN ANTONIO — A man has been sentenced to almost 50 years in prison after he brutally assaulted a disabled woman.
Kamron Kearney poured “scalding hot water” on his roommate and then later setting her on fire in 2023, according to documents.
The victim was a then-36-year-old woman who is “autistic and receives monthly disability payments,” according to an arrest affidavit. We are not naming the victim in this story who police said lived with Kearney for a year.
San Antonio Police officers responded to the home off the 200 block of Victor St on October 27, 2023 for reports of a woman with severe burns.
The incident happened two days before, according to police documents, when a caretaker was bathing the victim and Kearney became angry because the victim reportedly urinated on herself.
Kearney then poured “scalding hot water” on the victim while she was still in the shower, causing severe burns, according to an arrest affidavit.
Police documents report the abuse continued when Kearney forced the woman to stand in a corner until “her legs were swollen.”
Investigators said Kearney then poured rubbing alcohol on the victim and set her on fire, burning her arms.
The fire was somehow put out, and the victim fell to the floor, that’s when Kearney poured more alcohol on the woman’s legs and again set her on fire causing additional severe burns.
Kearney faced two charges of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Injury to Disabled Person, Serious Bodily Injury at the time.
Kearney was sentenced to 47 years Monday for the incident that happened over two years ago.
“This defendant exploited a vulnerable victim and subjected her to horrific acts of violence in what should have been the safety of her own home,” Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said. “