Opelousas, La. ? Police are looking for a 15-year-old Hurricane Rita evacuee from Lake Charles who may have fled to Kansas after allegedly setting fire to a 7-year-old boy.

Port Barre Police Chief David Richard said the teenager has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.

“He doused the kid with gasoline,” Richard said. “The child has third-degree burns on 50 percent of his body.”

Frankie Levier is expected to make a full recovery, but will have to have skin grafts over a large portion of his body.

Richard said the incident began as an accident investigation, but new information indicates the child was set on fire purposely. The police chief went to Lake Charles on Tuesday to look for the 15-year-old boy, only to learn he already had fled to Wichita, Kan.

“As soon as we find out more details, one of two things is going to happen – he is either going to turn himself in, or my unit is headed to Wichita,” Richard said.