COLUMBUS – Columbus police have arrested a man after the body of an unidentified adult was found in a burning vehicle on the Northeast Side early Friday.
UPDATE 12/19/23 8:06 a.m.: The victim in this incident has been identified as Marcus Taylor, 21.
Officers responding to a report of a vehicle fire near the intersection of Weldon Avenue and Cleveland Avenue in North Linden just after 12:30 a.m. found the person, whose identity is unknown, after the fire was extinguished by Columbus Division of Fire personnel, Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Homicide Unit said.
The victim was pronounced dead at 12:56 a.m.
Information gained through the investigation led to the arrest of William Gray, 27, on a charge of murder.
The investigation in continuing, Powell said.