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IMPD: Death investigation underway after body found inside burning car on city's southeast side

Fire crews responded to the parking lot of the Kroger store in the 5300 block of East Thompson Road, near Emerson Avenue, shortly before 3 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating after a person was found dead in a car outside a southeast side grocery store following a vehicle fire Wednesday morning.

Fire crews responded to the Kroger in the 5300 block of East Thompson Road, near Emerson Avenue, shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday for a car fire.

After putting the fire out, firefighters found a person's body inside the car, police said.

The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 60-year-old John Douglas Gray.

IMPD homicide investigators responded to the scene to conduct a death investigation.

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