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13/04/2012
Body Found In Burning Car
The body of a man found in a burning car is believed to have been murdered.
Fire fighters called police to the scene of a burning Mercedes Benz at Chilworth Drove in Hampshire after the discovered there was a body in the car.
A police spokesman said: "Hampshire Constabulary can confirm that the man involved in a car fire in Chilworth in the early hours of Tuesday is believed to have been dead before the fire took hold.
"Police are now treating the death as murder and are appealing for anyone who may have seen the car involved, identified as a silver two-door Mercedes C200 CDI, driving in or around Southampton late on Monday night or in the early hours of Tuesday to call 101.
"Post-mortem examination results indicate the body is that of a young adult male, although his identity or cause of death is still not clear."
Fire fighters called police to the scene of a burning Mercedes Benz at Chilworth Drove in Hampshire after the discovered there was a body in the car.
A police spokesman said: "Hampshire Constabulary can confirm that the man involved in a car fire in Chilworth in the early hours of Tuesday is believed to have been dead before the fire took hold.
"Police are now treating the death as murder and are appealing for anyone who may have seen the car involved, identified as a silver two-door Mercedes C200 CDI, driving in or around Southampton late on Monday night or in the early hours of Tuesday to call 101.
"Post-mortem examination results indicate the body is that of a young adult male, although his identity or cause of death is still not clear."
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