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UPDATE: Investigators ID body found in burned home

Posted at 1:29 PM, Apr 17, 2013
and last updated 2013-04-17 13:29:00-04

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – The body of man found in a burned Richmond home has been identified as 60-year-old George Edward Jones, according to Richmond Fire Department spokesman Lt. Robbie Hagaman.

Hagaman said Jones died as a result of the fire. Jones did not live at the home at 3936 East Broad Rock Road, Hagaman added.

Neighbors said the home had been vacant for more than a year.

Firefighters are still working to figure out what caused the April 16 fire.