TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County Sheriff's deputies say they're trying to find out how a person ended up inside a car that was discovered burning in a northwest Tucson neighborhood.
Sheriff's spokesman deputy Tom Peine (Py-NAH) says deputies were called to a car fire at about 8 p.m. Friday and found a homeowner trying to put out a burning Mercedes-Benz sedan with a garden hose. Once fire crews arrived they put out the flames and discovered the body.
Peine says the car's owner was out of town but said a friend had been staying at his home.
Peine did not say if detectives suspect the friend was the person found in the car and the body has not been identified.
The cause of the person's death and the fire are not yet known.
UPDATE:
A man found dead in a burning car in a Foothills neighborhood last week has been identified as a 54-year-old California resident.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Anthony Walter Patrick Basher was staying at the residence of a friend. The friend owned the car where Basher’s burned body was found.
Basher was a veterinarian in the San Diego area.
Deputy Tom Peine, a sheriff’s spokesman, said deputies were called to the 4500 block of North Caminito Callado, near North Hacienda del Sol and East River Road, at about 8 p.m. Friday. They found a homeowner trying to fight a fire in a burning Mercedes-Benz sedan with a garden hose. Fire crews soon arrived and put out the flames, and discovered the body.
The investigation is continuing, Peine said
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