A body was found in a burned-out car in a parking lot in California early Tuesday, Feb. 13, authorities said.
The body was found in the early hours of Tuesday and reported to the Garden Grove Fire Department around 3:30 a.m., according to ABC7.
According to the Orange County Register, the Toyota Prius, which was parked near a bank, was still in flames when firefighters arrived. The responders then put out the fire in around 10 minutes.
The parking lot is off of Garden Grove Boulevard, around the 9800 block, reported the OC Register.
#BREAKING Garden Grove police say one body was found inside burned out Toyota Prius; unknown if man or woman, now searching shopping center for evidence. WATCH @ABC7 6am! LIVE: https://t.co/a8eFAqjJ8p pic.twitter.com/i1ZQJefe7G
— Marc Cota-Robles (@abc7marccr) February 13, 2018
Burned body found inside of a car. Firefighters made the gruesome discovery in the parking lot of a Garden Grove strip mall. Tune in for updates on @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/hnZFUVbkXn
— Kandiss Crone (@KandissCronetv) February 13, 2018
The dead person’s identity is not yet known, but the body was burned so badly that firefighters initially couldn’t tell whether it was a man or woman, according to CBS. Police said that the death is being treated as “suspicious.”
Garden Grove Fire Department Capt. Brad Spell told The Los Angeles Times that the body was “severely burned.”
No arrests have been made as of yet.
From NTD.tv
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