Burned in the woods to get the insurance money. This is a cut and dry case of good ol fashion insurance fraud.
Do you watch Worlds-dumbest by chance?
Your comment reminded me of a video i saw on there, this couple had a van, and they kept slamming it into tree's trying to total it to the point where it wouldnt run anymore. There plan was to say they swerved to avoid a car that cut them off, and they went skidding off the road into a tree to get the insurance money on the car. Everything they did went according to plan. the insurance company believed them, and they got the money on the van.
Only problem was, They were stupid enough to RECORD thereselves wrecking the van. When they got the insurance money, they started bickering between themselves on who gets what, and one of em turned the video over to the insurance company.