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BURNED BODY FOUND IN CAR; POLICE SUSPECT HOMICIDE.


Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer

Firefighters responding to a reported brush fire Friday instead found a charred body in a burning car, and police say the blaze might have been set to conceal a murder.

Investigators have not yet identified the victim.

The 1989 Acura Integra was found about 4:05 a.m. at the intersection of Roscoe Boulevard and Clybourne Avenue, near the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , said Officer Dave Martinez
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    ``When fire personnel arrived, they discovered a vehicle fully engulfed and found remains inside the vehicle,'' he said.

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     homicide detective, Dave Martin, said the circumstances of the discovery raised suspicion. He said the case was being investigated as a possible homicide.

    Martin would not comment on the extent of the burns, but 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 Scott Carrier said the body was burned so thoroughly that it would have to be identified through dental records or some other means.

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