COLUMBUS – Columbus police are calling the death of a person whose body was found in a burning apartment Sunday night suspicious.
UPDATE 12/22/23 8:40 a.m.: The victim in this case has been identified as Laronda Bazemore, 59.
Firefighters responding to a report of a structure fire in the Colonial Village Apartments in the 3600 block of Allendale Drive at 7:50 p.m. found an unidentified individual deceased inside the residence, Sgt. Dave Harrington of the Columbus police Homicide Unit said.
Due to circumstances at the scene, Harrington says Homicide Unit personnel responded to investigate the incident.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Det. Wood at 614-645-4080 or call Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).