Foul play not suspected after body found in burning car at Ray-Pec High School
Foul play is not suspected in the death of a person whose body was found inside a burning car early Tuesday at Raymore-Peculiar High School in Peculiar, Missouri, according to a spokesman for the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.
Cass County investigators responded about 1:30 a.m. to the high school parking lot at 20801 S. School Road to help the Peculiar Police Department investigate a car fire, said Capt. Kevin Tieman, a spokesman for the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators found a vehicle that had been partially burnt parked in the lot to the school, he said. A body was found inside the vehicle.
The vehicle was not involved in an accident. Investigators do not suspect foul play, Tieman said. Investigators believe the death is a probable suicide.
The Medical Examiner’s Office of Frontier Forensics is helping to determine the cause of the death and to identify the person.
The incident remains under investigation.
This story was originally published July 28, 2020 at 11:01 AM.
