Moreno Valley - A man killed his former girlfriend and torched her body in front of her six children before fleeing and remained at large Monday, Riverside County authorities said.

Tyrone Levoid Harts, 39, of Riverside is considered armed and dangerous, sheriff's investigator Melissa Nieburger said.

Harts is accused of killing Brandi Marie Morales at her Moreno Valley home.

Deputies called to the scene found her body on a staircase.

She had been set on fire, but four of her younger children had doused the flames before help arrived, they said.

Family members told investigators that Morales, 35, had at least a three-year relationship with Harts, but they recently separated and he had moved out of her home, according to officials.

Harts confessed to killing Morales in a recorded telephone conversation with a longtime friend, the detective said.

Source: The Associated Press