Chambers works a mile and a half up the road from where police say they were called to a car fire around 3 30 this afternoon. But when firefighters arrived and put out the flames, they made a gruesome discovery. In the front drivers side of the vehicle they found a mail who was charred to the bone. Reporter crime scene investigators and homicide detectives immediately blocked off the road and began their work. Considering this a suspicious death. It happened on the 4700 block of fort mifflin road near enterprise avenue in southwest philly. Road winds around past ups and other commercial businesses near the airport. Chambers was stunned to learn there was a dead body inside that car. I was very unnerved and very unsettled with it. Again, with high traffic here and with the Police Presence that patrols this area, it doesnt make me feel safe especially even by it being so close to the airport. Reporter investigators say the victim was in the drivers side of a honda accord coupe. The fire
Good evening im lucy noland. Im iain page. Lets get right out to fox 29s Shawnette Wilson live at the scene tonight as police try to piece together what happened. Shawnette . Reporter piece together is exactly right. Police say there are no cameras on this road. They dont have any witnesses but based on what they found so far, they do believe this car was lit on fire. I was shock. I was shock. When they said it was a vehicle fire i actually thought okay, well maybe there was something mechanically wrong with the vehicle. Reporter Bishop Conrad chambers works a mile and a half up the road from where police say they were called to a car fire around 3 30 this afternoon. But when firefighters arrived and put out the flames, they made a gruesome discovery. In the front drivers side of the vehicle they found a mail who was charred to the bone. Reporter crime scene investigators and homicide detectives immediately blocked off the road and began their work. Considering this a suspicious death.