LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A 47-year-old New Mexico man whose pants and prosthetic leg were set on fire by his friends after he lost a drinking bet has been released from a Texas burn center.
Sheriff's investigators say they opened a criminal case on Thursday to determine if the friends should be charged even though the man agreed to be lit on fire. Sheriff's investigator Bo Nevarez says a person can't consent to an aggravated battery.
The men may have been drinking to celebrate the victim's release from probation for a 2007 drunken driving, burglary and auto theft conviction.
Sheriff's deputies found the man naked beside U.S. Route 70 with his prosthetic leg in flames on July 5.
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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, http://www.lcsun-news.com
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