Francine Hughes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American victim of crime
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1947
Place of Birth: Stockbridge, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 22-Mar-2017
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Francine Hughes
- Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017) was an American woman who, after 13 years of domestic abuse, set fire to the bed of her live-in ex-husband Mickey Hughes, on March 9, 1977, in Dansville, Michigan.
- Mickey was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting fire.
- At trial, Hughes was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity in one of the first cases involving "battered-woman syndrome" as a defense.
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