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Man Found Dead In Burning Van In Little Village Identified As Jose Suarez

By Alex Nitkin | September 26, 2016 2:39pm

LITTLE VILLAGE — One of two people found dead in a burning van earlier this month has been identified as Jose Suarez, 65, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

At 12:24 a.m. on Sept. 2, firefighters found Suarez and another person in the 3000 block of Harding Avenue, said Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.

They were both pronounced dead on the scene, Pacheco said.

The bodies were burned so badly that the Cook County Medical Examiner's office had difficulty immediately identifying them, county spokesman Frank Shuftan said at the time.

A non-criminal death investigation was still pending Monday, police said.

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