Body found inside burning car outside Pontiac school

Pontiac – Oakland County sheriff’s investigators are looking into a body found inside a burning car behind an elementary school Monday morning.

A 2008 Cadillac was found on fire behind Webster Elementary School, 640 W. Huron St. in Pontiac, at 9:52 a.m.. The school was closed at the time.

Waterford Township firefighters put out the car fire and a badly burned body was discovered inside. Detectives and a crime lab have been working on the scene and the identity and gender of the victim were not immediately known.

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