Young mother Megan Kimbrough dies after husband high on heroin brutally sets her on fire

A young mother died from multiple infections after her husband brutally set her on fire three months ago.

Megan Kimbrough, 26, died at Tampa General Hospital on Saturday with her mother by her side, The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida reports.

‘Meg is having a rough moing and my heart is breaking and for as long as there is light in her beautiful eyes I will hold onto hope,’ Kimbrough’s mother posted on Facebook on Friday.

‘When I was with her last night I desperately wanted to hold her but I can not so I will wrap my love around her and give her comfort and continue to talk to her about our loving God.’

Tragic loss: Megan Kimbrough, 26, died on Saturday from infections suffered after her husband set her on fire

Remembered mother: Kimbrough with one of her children before she was hospitalized

Kimbrough’s husband, Joshua, 32, is being held in a local county jail on attempted first-degree murder and other charges. Local authorities say he doused his wife with gasoline and lit her on fire on August 3.

Kimbrough ran outside of the house, where neighbors helped smother the flames with blankets. More than 80 per cent of her body was bued and she underwent 12 skin graft surgeries.

Kimbrough’s father told ABC in August that his daughter’s bus were so severe it took nurses ‘several hours to change her bandages.’

When doctors initially treated her in the emergency room, they did not expect her to survive, local news channel WFTS-TV reported.

Loving mother: Kimbrough laying outside with one of her children

 

Kimbrough’s family later began selling t-shirts and bracelets to help pay for her medical bills.

Joshua Kimbrough’s parents, Rita and David Sanders, said they believe he lit Megan on fire because he was high on heroin.

After buing his wife, the perpetrator ‘went on a crime spree, burglarizing a house, carjacking a driver at gunpoint and using a stolen credit card,’ ABC reports.

Authorities say he could now see his attempted first degree murder charge upgraded due to his wife’s death. Local police are in contact with the State Attoey's office about further charges.

Behind bars: Joshua Kimbrough's mugshot photo provided by Polk County Sheriff's Department