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Mickey was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting fire. She then poured gasoline around Mickey"s bed and lit the gasoline on fire. The resulting fire consumed the home.
After trial in Lansing, Michigan, Francine was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.
Francine Hughes" story was made into a book and a subsequent film in 1984 titled The Burning Bed starring Farrah Fawcett. Folk singer Lyn Hardy also created a song about these events entitled "The Ballad of Francine Hughes".
