No Cause of Death Yet Established in Burned Body Case

No cause of death has yet been established in the case of a .

The required autopsy that would help investigators determine whether the burning was the cause of the man's death or whether he was dead prior to his body being burned has not yet been done as of Monday morning, according to Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department.  Dental records or DNA would likely be used to make the match.

The body of an adult black man was found around 6 a.m. Sunday morning in the 2600 block of Windsor Avenue.  The person who found it saw something burning and discovered the body, according to investigators.

MacWillie did not have an answer for how long it might take to identify the person whose body was burned.  Generally in cases like this the department will need some sort of lead--a missing person report, for example--to try to match the deceased with the person who is missing.

Investigators on Sunday did not have much information on the case - one lead might be a maroon Mazda sedan which was parked near where the body was found.  Detectives towed the car from the crime scene on Sunday.

Anyone with information about this incident is being encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau investigators at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.