Ontario Community Newspapers

Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 18 Jun 2004, p. 1

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A METROLAND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL. 145 NOý 28 48 PAGES "Using Communication to Build Better Comnmunities' Body discovered in burnt-out car By MELANIE HENNESSEY and STEPHANIE THIESSEN The Champion What started as a vehicle tire quickly became a suspicious death early yesterday moming when a man's body was discov- ered in the charred sheil of the car. At about 12:20 a.m., two passing motorists alerted Halton Regional Police and the Milton Fire Department to a vehi- cIe on tire at the rear of Traffix, a freight brokerage firm. on Regional Road 25, north of l-wy. 401. When they arived, the vehicle was fully engulfed. Once it was extinguished, a Photos by GRAHAM PAINE Halton Reglonal Police forenslo identification officers photograph and videotape evidence at the secondary scene, just east of the site where a man's body was found by firefighters in a car. deceased man was found mnside the car. Halton polices major crime unit, along with the forensic identification bureau, are mnvestigating the death as suspicious. Halton Regional Police spokesperson Sgt. Jef Corey said a second location, sev- erai hundrcd mettes from the tire scene at the east side of the Traffix building, is also under investigation after a pool of blood was found. Hc added police believe both scenes are linked, but that hasn't been confurmed. Duc to the heavy ramn during the investi- gation, Mr. Corey said police bad to cover the scenes with tenting to protect evidence. The body badn't been identified at press time yesterday. It was taken to Hamilton General Hospital for a forensic post montem, which Mr. Corey said was being conducted yesterday aftemnoon. -The body was badly bumed in the fire, 50 identification is not complete yet," he said. Halton Regional Police is asking anyone with information about the incident to con- tact police at (905) 825-4777 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Conunnt ......... 6-7 Classiti ....... 18-22 Datoline .......B14-815 RealEstats.......2M eFrIday, Jum 18 a *FMlui h e * CnTa* * USq Fb a F 11,W * Fub W e Seo. k. *1bW.DsuhMd 8".ddckpw e Lugis FuuiM * el iCuuupt.r* e Sebw% *AMn16 Sb* 0y N u sw * lesthy 0 Z~b 0 Sm* 0 MP*Rift $bd* VHkgSu" *kupulstCau&taiHmV* Coill M EwM*I e*Elu NMIen SsI1etstarnoii www.miltontoyota.com 1 --; -, , - 1 ---, 7- =,-""Unnffl r MKEN ' S .FLOWER Ilsilop

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