a stump in the middle of a sawdust pile on an abandoned road in Hardin County. The car was still in flames when the firemen arrived, and a thousand gallons of water were required to extinguish the conflagration. The car was identified as being owned by the appellant. An arson investigator testified that he examined the car on October 5, 1982, when it was parked at the jail parking lot. He determined that the fire originated inside the automobile, toward the front seat and dash.
Other evidence showed that appellant returned to the jail on the morning of October 3, 1982, and reported that her car had been stolen. On October 4, 1982, appellant reported the "stolen" car to her insurance company. An insurance adjuster testified that his companyvalued her car at $7,985. Her net payoff to G.M.A.C. would have been $6,755, and she owed her bank about $3,600 for a personal loan on the car. The State introduced a statement by the appellant in which she admitted setting fire to the car and denied that her friends were involved.
The appellant testified that she had been camping out and became intoxicated on the night of October 2, 1982. She went for a drive, got lost, turned onto a dirt path and got stuck on a stump. After seeing a fire under the hood, she panicked and left the scene. The car was still burning when she and her friends found it the next day. Appellant explained that she did not tell the trooper about her car