Charred Body Discovered In Polk County
Investigation Into Death Under Way
POSTED: Thursday, November 1, 2007
UPDATED: 3:03 pm EDT November 1,
2007
POINCIANA, Fla. -- Firefighters in Polk County discovered a charred body on Thursday after extinguishing a small brush fire, and officials are investigating the death as a homicide. The Polk County Fire Department responded to the fire off Marlin Road, which runs off Mediterranean in a new subdivision without homes off Lake Marion Creek Road, after receiving a call from a resident at about 9 a.m. After putting the brush fire out, firefighters found the body and called the Polk County Sheriff's Office. A preliminary investigation showed that the body was an unidentified female whose age and race cannot be determined, officials said. An autopsy will be performed to determine how the victim died. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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