Former North Korea Prisoner Found on Fire on a San Diego Field

Aijalon Mahli Gomes greets his mother after stepping off a plane on Aug. 27, 2010, at Logan International Airport in Boston, Mass. Darren McCollester/Getty Images

An American teacher who was imprisoned in Korea eight years ago was spotted running and engulfed in flames on Friday, Nov. 17,  in a field near a San Diego highway.

Aijalon Gomes, 38, eventually collapsed and died of his injuries at the scene, San Diego police said.