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Body Found In Burning Car In Palm Beach County

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Palm Beach Sheriff's Deputies are investigating the death of a person found in a burning car Saturday morning.

According to deputies, at about 5:50 a.m., PBSO and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue were dispatched to State Road 80 just East of Connors Highway in reference to a car fire.

When they got to the scene, they found the car fully engulfed in flames.

Once they extinguished the fire, a body which was burned beyond recognition was located in the driver's seat.

The body was taken to the Medical Examiner's office for autopsy. The body has not been positively identified. A DNA analysis will be done.

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