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Police search for clues after finding body, burned car

Posted at 10:19 PM, Jun 18, 2018
and last updated 2018-06-18 23:19:14-04

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) – Louisiana police investigating a body in the yard of a house in Alexandria, soon got a second call: a burned car, linked to the victim, had been found in a different location.
    
Alexandria police got the call early Monday morning about a man lying in a yard.
    
Responding officers found the man unresponsive. He had been shot several times.
    
Alexandria news media report that investigators later were called to the site where a burned car was found on a street near some railroad tracks.
    
Police said the car was linked to the 40-year-old gunshot victim. They have released few other details.

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