A Bloomington man has been charged with second-degree murder after allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend multiple times and lighting her on fire at a Saint Paul shipping warehouse, then fleeing the scene and starting his own house ablaze.

Patrick Morris Simmons, 47, was formally charged Wednesday, with the court documents giving more insight into the circumstances of the woman’s grisly death.

WARNING: The following contains graphic details of domestic violence

Shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, officers were sent to a shipping warehouse on the 1700 block of Wynne Ave. in Saint Paul’s Como Park neighborhood. They had initially been called there for a report of an assault.

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Officers found that the victim, Kelli Ranning Goodermont, 44, was unresponsive, had multiple stab wounds and had been lit on fire. Paramedics responded to the scene Tuesday morning but Goodermont was pronounced dead shortly after 9 a.m.

Goodermont, had three daughters. She had reportedly sought an order for protection against Simmons last year.