A parish of Celestial Church on Kirkwood road in Houston, United State are helping police to identify the suspect who set a sleeping homeless woman ablaze.

An online site Click 2 Houston, reported that police said on 11pm, Tuesday 5th of March, an unknown person(s) set the woman aged 40 on fire.

However police investigators are relying on the surveillance footage from a Celestial Church parish located in the vicinity to identify and provide clues that could lead to an arrest.

The shepherd of the parish, Evangelist Dele Odeseye said "It's barbaric, I did not witness it, but that’s not a good thing to be doing in the year 2019."