According to prosecutors in the case, Yeich poured bleach over Elrena Gibson and repeatedly hit her and then set the house on fire.
Link to original story from December
http://www.skooknews.com/2013/12/domestic-incident-and-fire-last-evening.html
Link to more details from the Republican Herald
http://republicanherald.com/news/mahanoy-city-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-trying-to-kill-woman-1.1789745