Police investigate badly burned body discovered in West Sacramento
A badly burned body was discovered after a small fire broke out in an abandoned mobile home park early Saturday in West Sacramento, police said.
Fire crews were called to the 600 block of West Capitol Avenue at 5:20 a.m. for a small fire in a vacant lot, authorities said. After extinguishing the fire, crews located the body within a roofless cement enclosure.
Sgt. Roger Kinney of the West Sacramento Police said the body was so badly burned that investigators were unable to immediately say whether it was a male or female.
Investigators are treating the death as suspicious, Kinney said.
Authorities encourage anyone with information to contact the West Sacramento Police at 916-617-4747.
Barbara Harvey: 916-321-1821, @barbaraaharvey
This story was originally published February 10, 2018 at 11:11 AM.