Body discovered in burned-out chapel identified

Fire at the vacant Chapel of the Flowers on 1-12-21
Photo credit Las Vegas Fire and Rescue

Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - Authorities have identified the person found dead after a downtown chapel burned to the ground last week.

The coroner identified the victim as 30 year-old Steven Warren.

The cause and manner of warren’s death are still pending, as is the cause of the fire, which occurred lthe night of January 13th.

Originally it was thought that there was no one in the building at the time of the fire, but the area was too hot after the fire was extinguished to look for victims. Warren's body was found during a search of the wreckage the following day.