265 car fire - body found

Foul play is suspected after a body was found following a vehicle fire on I-265 between Pennsylvania Run Road and Beulah Church Road around 5 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2021. 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Firefighters putting out a car fire on the Gene Synder Sunday morning, found a body inside the vehicle.

Crews from the Highview Fire Department were called to the northbound lanes of I-265 between Pennsylvania Run Road and Beulah Church Road around 5 a.m. on a report of a vehicle fully engulfed in flames.

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According to Officer Beth Ruoff, a spokeswoman for the Louisville Metro Police Department, LMPD 7th Division officers were also called to assist. When the flames were extinguished, a body was found inside the vehicle. 

Police say foul play is suspected, and that the fire may have been set on purpose. 

The LMPD Homicide Unit is investigating. Anyone with any information is asked to call the LMPD crime tip line at (502) 574-LMPD. Callers can remain anonymous. 

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