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Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017) [1] was an American woman who, after thirteen years of domestic abuse, set fire to the bed in which her live-in ex-husband Mickey Hughes was sleeping, on March 9, 1977, in Dansville, Michigan. Mickey was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting fire.
21 mar 2019 · Her ordeal had begun 13 years before when she married James “Mickey” Hughes. After a hellish marriage marked by physical, verbal and emotional abuse, they had divorced.
9 lip 2020 · They divorced in 1971, but, later that same year, he moved back in. “She did try to get away,” her son, James Hughes, remembers in “The Burning Bed,” a new short documentary from Retro Report.
31 mar 2017 · In 1971, Ms. Hughes obtained a divorce to qualify for welfare benefits. Mr. Hughes remained very much in the picture, even after moving out, returning for sex and to dole out beatings.
2 mar 2017 · Although the couple was divorced in 1971, Hughes began living almost exclusively with his ex-wife and children after an automobile accident left him seriously injured. On the day Hughes died,...
3 kwi 2017 · That’s how Barbara Niess-May, executive director of SafeHouse Center in Ann Arbor, described the case of Francine Hughes of Dansville, Michigan. On March 9, 1977, Hughes ended 13 years of abuse from her husband James.
30 mar 2017 · Francine divorced Mickey Hughes in 1971, but he moved back in with her after being injured in a car wreck. On the day Mickey Hughes died, two police officers had been called to the home in...
