Burned alive: Florida man brutally murdered lawyer representing his mother in probate dispute

A Florida man was arrested on charges of burning a prominent Texas lawyer alive in 2016. The case has become one of the state's biggest unsolved mysteries. Read more about this publication New York Post.

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Stephen Benton Aubrey, 61, beat 68-year-old lawyer Ira Tobolowsky, then doused him with gasoline and set him on fire, because he represented the defendant's mother in a court case against him.

Tobolowski's body was found in the burning garage of his North Dallas home. Aubrey was in the spotlight of investigators immediately after the murder, writes Dallas News.

Authorities said the suspect was arrested for the crime that rocked Dallas and will be extradited to Texas to face capital murder charges.

Tobolowski represented Aubrey's mother in a dispute with her son over her late husband's property. Aubrey, who had a history of erratic behavior, was removed from the will and challenged the case in court.

The accused was furious after his father was disinherited and warned his mother that he would retaliate if she did not change the document.

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Aubrey's mother was afraid of her son's wrath and suspected him of having at some point infested her house with rats.

“You have 3 days to change your mind and apologize to me,” he wrote in an email in 2012. "Or I'll make the rest of your life as miserable as you deserve."

Aubrey soon turned his fury on Tobolowski after he began representing his mother in a property battle.

The lawyer filed a libel suit against Aubrey and feared for his safety. Investigators believed that someone had drilled a hole in the fence of Tobolowski's house to monitor his movements before the murder.

Tobolowsky was a famous lawyer from Dallas.

Tobolowsky came from a prestigious Jewish family that had long been active in the community and practiced law. About a thousand people from Congregation Shearith Israel attended his funeral.

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He is related to Texas District Judge Emily Tobolowsky, actor and director Stephen Tobolowsky, who starred in hits like Groundhog Day and Basic Instinct, and University of North Texas professor Peggy Tobolowsky, who is a life trustee of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation.

Tobolowsky's friends and family said he suffered from a chronic condition all his life that made it difficult for him to walk, so he would not have been able to protect himself.

The late lawyer's son, Michael, has been pushing for Aubrey's arrest for years and now says he was relieved to know he had been arrested.

He called it "amazing news" that his family had been waiting for a long time.

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