BODY FOUND AT VAN FIRE; HOMICIDE SUSPECTED.Byline: - Staff and Wire Reports Authorities were trying to determine on Friday the identity of a man found burned to death inside a charred van in a Reseda alley. ``We have not been able to make an identification, but we have a pretty good lead,'' said Los Angeles County Coroner The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner was created in its present form on December 7, 1990 by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, though it has existed in some form since the late 19th century. spokesman Craig Harvey. ``This is being investigated as a homicide.'' West Valley LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. detectives were working the case Friday but declined to discuss any details. The blaze behind the 18700 block of Sherman Way broke out shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Fire Department. When firefighters arrived, the Ford Econoline van was engulfed in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . Crews extinguished ex·tin·guish tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench. 2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish. 3. the flames in two minutes and found the man's body inside. Witnesses told firefighters the man had been living in the van and that it had been parked in the alley for some time, Humphrey said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: L.A. police and firefighters were at the site of a van fire late Thursday night in Reseda. A man's body was found inside. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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