Crime & Safety
Person Burned To Death In Greendale: Report
Authorities in Greendale responded to a car fire on Sunday, only to find a deceased person inside the vehicle's cabin.
GREENDALE, WI -- Authorities in Greendale are awaiting the positive identification of a body after it was discovered in a car fire Sunday night.
According to the Greendale police department, officers responded to the 5600 block of Parking Street just after 4 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5 on a report of a car fire. After the fire department extinguished the fire, authorities found a deceased body inside the car's cabin.
Fire and a fatality in Greendale. Police investigate after a dead body was found in a truck that was on fire. Details & reaction for folks in this quiet neighborhood at 5pm @fox6now pic.twitter.com/KdqTsFYWQ3
— Derica Williams (@dwilliamsfox6) October 8, 2018
Greendale police said that an autopsy was conducted by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office on Monday, who said the preliminary cause of death was accidental in nature.
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Police say that they are awaiting toxicology results to determine the person's official cause of death, and are also awaiting results to determine the person's identity.
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