Seaford, DE- Delaware State Police are investigating a suspicious incident after responding to a car fire and finding a man dead nearby in a ditch, according to the Delaware State Police.
According to the DSP, the department’s homicide unit is conducting a Death Investigation that occurred on Wednesday.
“At 6:50 a.m., Troopers responded to the report of a vehicle fire on a property in the 10000 block of Airport Road in Seaford. Upon arrival, they observed a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Troopers located the body of a male in a nearby ditch,” the DSP said in a statement.
The victim, a 54-year-old male from Seaford, was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was turned over to the Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy. The name of the victim is being withheld pending next of kin notification.