<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0V8rkN_0o64Viaa00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0V8rkN_0o64Viaa00" width="1900" height="1069" ></figure>HAZEL DELL, Wash. — Authorities discovered human remains in a burned vehicle and a person of interest in the case was taken into custody on unrelated charges, the Clark County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.Deputies were investigating a case where a man had been reported missing for several weeks by his mother, who doesn't live in the area. On Monday, they went to his last known residence around Northwest Sluman Road and Overlook Drive in Hazel Dell. There, they found a vehicle they said appeared to be recently burned, and inside they said they found human remains."[The car] looked like it had just recently [burned], like it was still kind of smoldering; it had been fairly recent. It appears it may have been from the day prior, maybe sometime this weekend. They're still not sure, they're still looking into the actual timeline for that," said Sgt. Chris Skidmore, spokesperson for the sheriff's office. "There was that and some additional factors that, in this point of the investigation we can't really get into, that raised the deputies' concern enough that they reached out to our major crime's unit." Multiple agencies responded Tuesday to investigate and process the scene.The sheriff's office said the fire department did respond to a car fire over the weekend. It is working to gather more information about that call.Authorities are investigating the man's death as a homicide.The sheriff’s office released no names, citing the case as an active homicide investigation.</div></body>

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Human remains found in burned Hazel Dell vehicle as part of missing man investigation

HAZEL DELL, Wash. — Authorities discovered human remains in a burned vehicle and a person of interest in the case was taken into custody on unrelated charges, the Clark County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. Deputies were investigating a case where a man had been reported missing for several weeks...