Coroner: Burned body found in barrel at Goose Creek home

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) - A burned body has been found in a barrel at a Goose Creek home.

The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office tells WCSC-TV (https://bit.ly/2l7tfUY) that police had originally responded to the home Monday afternoon for the report of a missing person. Later in the evening, officers found a barrel containing a body in the backyard of the house.

Coroner’s office officials say they don’t know how long the body had been there.

Further information hasn’t been released.

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Information from: WCSC-TV, https://www.wcsc.com