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Body found in burned home in Southwest Detroit

Posted at 10:21 AM, Apr 18, 2019
and last updated 2019-04-18 10:21:08-04

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A body was discovered in a burned home on Detroit's southwest side Thursday morning.

Firefighters put out flames at two vacant house fires in the 1000 block of Liebold and found a severely burned body.

When the body was found, limbs were missing. Investigators believe the fire itself is to blame.

Officials are treating it as a an arson and homicide investigation.