The discovery of a man's body in a burning boat in a Weber County field is being investigated as a homicide, Sheriff Craig Dearden says.
The identity of the man, whose body was burned beyond recognition, remains unknown, the sheriff said.Firefighters and deputies were sent to the blaze Thursday night in a field east of an FHP medical center. Dearden said an old 14-foot boat made of fiberglass and wood was engulfed in flames, and the grass adjacent to the boat was on fire.
The cause of the fire was unknown, he said.
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Technicians from Weber State University's crime lab were called out to the scene as well as the fire marshal. The body was taken to the state medical examiner's office.