{"id":10084,"date":"2024-09-10T21:06:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T21:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=10084"},"modified":"2024-09-10T21:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T21:06:16","slug":"olympic-runner-rebecca-cheptegeis-ex-boyfriend-dies-after-he-set-her-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=10084","title":{"rendered":"Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei\u2019s ex-boyfriend dies after he \u2018set her on fire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The man\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/news\/olympian-dies-after-ex-boyfriend-douses-her-in-gasoline-and-sets-her-on-fire\/\">accused of setting fire to Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei\u00a0<\/a>has died of his injuries less than a week after the attack.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Reports shocked the world last week when word of the horrifying incident spread. 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