Body Found 'Fully Engulfed In Flames' In Woods: New Canaan Police

NEW CANAAN, CT — Police said a body was found in the woods in the area of Lapham Road Wednesday night and a preliminary investigation shows that "this incident is most likely a suicide."

At 8:46 p.m., members of the New Canaan Police Patrol Division responded to Lapham Road near the town mulch pile on a report of a possible fire in the woods, police said. A passerby called in the fire and said it was seen off the road and in the woods, police said.

Officers entered the woods and as they got closer to the fire, a human body was seen "fully engulfed in flames in the supine position," police said. Members of the New Canaan Fire Department assisted in extinguishing the fire.

An investigation is ongoing by the New Canaan Police Investigative Section with the assistance of the Connecticut State Police Western District Major Crime Squad and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, police said.

"It appears that this incident is isolated is not at all connected to the Jennifer Dulos case," police said. "Preliminary evidence does support that this incident is most likely a suicide. Pending positive identification of the male deceased, and notification to his family, no further information will be released at this time."