A woman found naked with severe burns, hiding in a bush at an apartment complex in Kissimmee is now suspected of arson and attempted murder.

Thursday afternoon Alberto Rosario was on his way to a friend's home at the Polo South Apartments when he saw a naked woman pop out of a bush.

"She was saying, 'Help me! Help me!' Then she said don't call the cops. Then I saw all the burns all over her and I knew something happened so I just called the ambulance," Rosario said.

Investigators said the burned woman is 32-year-old Giodenny Castillo-Ricardo. Just 14 hours before popping out of the bush, Castillo-Ricardo allegedly doused a home in the Venetian Bay Villages in gasoline.

It all happened at 2:35 a.m. Thursday morning. The only person inside heard an explosion and jumped out of the second story window to survive the fire. Police believe Castillo-Ricardo intended to harm the family of three who lived in the home. No one else was inside the home at the time of the fire.

When the rest of the family came home they recognized a set of car keys and a phone left outside, and told investigators those belong to a family member’s girlfriend, Castillo-Ricardo. She was arrested in May for domestic violence.

Now investigators are trying to retrace Castillo-Ricardo's steps to see if someone helped her or if she hid naked in the nearby woods or the bushes for 14 hours.

"It's pretty scary. You walk in your backyard and you see someone lying like that," said Dawn Turner, who lives in the Pollo South Apartment Complex.



Although this was the first time Castillo-Ricardo was caught and arrested for arson, investigators now believe she may be connect to another fire.



In May a separate fire on Spitfire Avenue was reported. That home belongs to one of Castillo-Ricardo's former co-workers. Kissimmee Police is now investigating to see if that fire was also started by Castillo-Ricardo.



Castillo-Ricardo was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center where she was treated for her burns. She is being held there without bond.