Boy set on fire

[Susan]

This was made probably in the late 80's and based on a true story about how a father poured gas on his son and set him on fire. He was under the age of 10 and it seems like maybe there was some custody issue going on and he told him they were going to disneyland or something. seems like it was in a motel that it occured. Anyhow the boy survived and had surgeries and stuff, i was sitting here trying to locate the name of the movie or even the real life boy but can't find anything on various keyword searches.

Sound familiar? Probably a made-for-tv

[Shadow]

I remember that case!

Was the film David?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094952/maindetails

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(TV_film)

[RCMerchant]

I recall seeing the real boy on the news. Horrible. 

[Susan]

I remember that case!

Was the film David?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094952/maindetails

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(TV_film)

That's it! Thanks