Body found in burning car on Sauvie Island

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Authorities are conducting a death investigation after a body was discovered inside a burning vehicle on Sauvie Island Tuesday afternoon.

Sauvie Island Fire crews responded to the car fire on Northwest Lucy Reeder Road and found the body inside, according to a spokesperson for the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s deputies established a crime scene, and detectives and the county medical examiner are on-scene conducting an investigation.

No further details are currently available.

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