Man Hurls Acid On Daughters Face

A man hurled acid in his daughter's face in a
gruesome attack that sent her into a street
screaming for help as her skin peeled and her
clothes disintegrated, police and witnesses said.
As his 49-year-old daughter sat on his couch in
Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon (local time),
Jerome Lynch abruptly left the room, returned with
a cup of what she thought was water and doused
her with it, she later told a cousin, according to the
Daily News.
Then the corrosive burning started, and Darlene
Lynch ran outside as her clothes disintegrated and
her skin fell from her face, witnesses said.
"You could see the smoke coming off her body,"
Clarissa Shakespeare told the newspaper.
"Everyone was just traumatized and scared. Her
skin looked like melting wax."
Bystanders poured water on the victim, helped pull
away her clothes and covered her with a sheet,
witnesses said.
Her 69-year-old father was arrested on an assault
charge. Information on his arraignment and lawyer
weren't immediately available today.
Darlene Lynch is the main caregiver for her father,
who uses a wheelchair and has been deteriorating
mentally in recent years, said a cousin, Dominique
Goodwin, who was in Brooklyn on a visit from her
home in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The daughter was taken to a hospital in critical
condition, police said. The hospital declined to give
an update on her condition Sunday.
Goodwin, told the Daily News that Darlene Lynch
may lose her left eye because of the attack.
"(Darlene is) asking why her father did this. She
doesn't understand," Goodwin said.
Shakespeare said Jerome Lynch sometimes poured
bleach and ammonia in his building's hallway to
deter children from playing there. But another niece
said he generally welcomed spending time with
relatives.

Culled from AP