L.A. police and fire investigators are trying to identify the cause of the death of a woman whose body was found Thursday among the rubble of a burning tree in South Los Angeles.
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Firefighters were called to the scene of a reported tree fire behind homes on East Vernon Ave. just after 5:00 AM, but when the fire was put out, and crews were combing through the burned wreckage, they found the charred body of a woman.
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L.A. City Fire Arson and LAPD Robbery Homicide Division are now working to determine if the fire was the cause of death or if the woman was killed and the fire was set in an attempt to destroy evidence at the scene.
KNX News' Pete Demetriou reports that neighbors say homeless people have been living in the alley for some time, but they have had little contact with them.
The medical examiner has not yet identified the woman.
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