By Troy Gillard

Police investigating

Body found in burnt-out vehicle near Coal Lake

Dec 9, 2019 | 2:50 PM

Mounties in central Alberta are investigating after human remains were found inside a burnt-out vehicle.

Wetaskiwin RCMP responded at 3 p.m. on Dec. 5, to a previous complaint of an abandoned vehicle near Coal Lake. Officers arrived to find human remains inside the vehicle and the RCMP Major Crimes Unit was called into investigate.

The identity and gender of the person has not yet been confirmed. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday in Edmonton.

No other details were released.

Coal Lake is located approx. 128 kilometres northeast of Red Deer (25 km northeast of Wetaskiwin).

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