Snapped Shriya Patel and Bimal Patel

Status: Incarcerated

Shriya Patel's story is told in Oxygen's Snapped, Season 14, episode 12. The show is described as Shriya Patel's arranged marriage goes horribly wrong in April 2012 when she sets her husband on fire in their bathtub.

The murder of her husband, Bimal Patel is depicted in the state of Texas.

Shriya Patel is found guilty of the lesser first-degree felony of arson causing death and had been facing a penalty of five years to life in prison or probation

The evidence in the record shows that appellant’s husband, Bimal Patel, was badly burned in a fire in the couple’s apartment on the eveningof April 17, 2012, and ultimately died from his injuries.  Although appellant and Patel had married in India months earlier, appellant had only recently moved to the United States after completing the immigration process from India.A neighbor of the Patels who also worked for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office was the first person to arrive at the scene of the fire because he was walking his dog when he heard Patel screaming for help. The neighbor testified that Patel “was screaming that his wife set him on fire.”The neighbor saw Patel on an apartment balcony with skin and smoke coming off of him and ran home to call 911. He then ran to Patel’s apartment, and as he approached the front door, he smelled a “really, really strong” odor of gasoline. When he opened the door, he saw appellant standing at the door holding a purse behind her back.  She said “I need to go” and acted as though she was going to leave.He said, “You’re not going anywhere,” and she turned around and walked to a back room of the apartment. She was not screaming and “seemed pretty calm.” Patel walked in from the patio yelling,“Please help me. My wife set me on fire.”He was bleeding on his arms, his skin was coming off,and he looked black and charred on his upper body. Police and paramedics soon arrived. A law-enforcement video made outside the apartment on the night of the fire and admitted into evidence at trial included audio in which a police officer stated that Patel told him that Patel had been in the bathtub, that appellant was going to give him a sensual massage and pour oils on him,but that appellant then burned him instead

You can write to Shriya Patel at:

Shriya Patel 1915596

Hill Top Unit

1500 State School Road
Gatesville, TX 76598-2996

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