FRIDAY UPDATE:
Authorities on Friday identified the man who was found dead in a burned pickup in northeast Arkansas earlier this week.
Jimmy Don Doyle, 59, of Bono was discovered in the area of Jonesboro's Barnhill Road near TrinityRail Maintenance Services on Wednesday morning, according to a news release from thecity's Police Department.
The state medical examiner's office determined that Doyle was dead before the fire and had at least one gunshot wound, the release states.
EARLIER:
Authorities in northeast Arkansas are investigating the death of a man found dead inside a burned pickup Wednesday morning as a homicide.
About 9:30 a.m., Jonesboro police were called to investigate a suspicious vehicle in the area of Barnhill Road near TrinityRail Maintenance Services, according to a news release.
Investigators found a truck that had been completely destroyed by flames and discovered that a person had been inside the vehicle during the blaze, the release states.
The Jonesboro Fire Department is assisting with the investigation, police said.