Body Found In Burning Vehicle In Waite Park

WAITE PARK, Minn. (WCCO) -- Police in central Minnesota are investigating after a body was found inside a burning vehicle early Monday.

The Waite Park Police Department said officers and firefighters responded to a car fire just before 1 a.m. on the 1500 block of County Road 6. They found a vehicle "fully engulfed in flames."

Once the fire department put the flames out, a body was found in the car.

Police said the car and body were so badly damaged that neither was initially identifiable. Police have since identified the victim, though their identity has not been released publicly.

Waite Park police, the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are investigating.