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Four bodies found in burning car in US

US police are investigating the deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a car that had been set on fire in Houston.

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US local authorities are investigating the deaths of four people whose bodies were found in suburban Houston in a car that had been set on fire.

Harris County Sheriff's Office spokesman Thomas Gilliland says firefighters in the Houston suburb of Channelview discovered two bodies in the boot after responding to a call about a car fire on Friday morning.

Investigators were called and they discovered two more bodies in the back seat.

Gilliland says the victims have been identified only as two black males and two black females. A cause of death has not yet been determined. Gilliland says the deaths are being investigated as a homicide.


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