Man found fatally shot inside house set ablaze in Highland Park

  • Source: WBJK-TV MyFox Detroit 2
  • Published: 03/20/2018 08:50 PM

The investigation into suspicious fire at an abandoned house may become a homicide probe. A man's body was found beneath the rubble inside 238 Richton Street in Highland Park. Arson investigators made the discovery after going back to the property days after the fire Sunday night. "We wouldn't have found that body because the structure was unsafe to go in at the time," said Fire Chief Kevin Coney. "We didn't have any indication that somebody was inside the dwelling." Coney says the man was dead before the fire gutted this house-investigators found evidence of a gunshot wound and the blaze here may have been an effort to cover up a murder.



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