Beau Christian Reed undoubtedly

wanted to kill the Peachtree City hotel clerk whom he raped and set afire,

according to Police Chief James Murray.

Before he left the Hampton

Inn at the end of the attack, Reed also took a look at the victim's

license, leading officers to believe he knew her identity and address

and could very well have tried to hurt her again.

"That's when we knew

we absolutely had to find this guy," Murray said, adding later, "We

felt he might do it again."

That threat ended Friday afternoon

when Reed crashed a car in Coweta County as he tried to elude a sheriff's

deputy who wanted to talk to him about the car, which he stole from his

roommate, police said. Reed was ejected from the car, which traveled at

an estimated 100-plus mph before the crash, according to police.

Reed was pronounced dead at

the crash scene, and Murray said while he took no delight in Reed's

death, he was relieved for the victim.

"She never has to go to

court or face the person who burned and assaulted her," Murray said.

The victim, a woman in her

50s, positively identified a photo of Reed as the man who tied her up,

raped her and then set her back on fire, leaving second and third degree

burns from her