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VIPD Identifies Body Found in Burned Car

A body found in burned out car July 16 on Hamms Bluff, Frederiksted, has been identified through DNA testing, the V.I. Police Department reported Monday.

According to police, the test identified the victim as 22-year-old Emile Brin. This case is classified as a homicide.

At 10:13 a.m. July 16 a citizen called 911 police and reported a suspicious burned vehicle in the Hamms Bluff area . Officers responded and discovered a burnt vehicle with a body inside the vehicle.

Based on the identification of the vehicle the owner for the vehicle stated that her son was driving her car and he was not seen since July 14.

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