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Clarendon truck driver found dead at home with burn marks

Published:Thursday | December 26, 2024 | 12:41 PM
No motive has been established by the police.

The Hayes police in Clarendon are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at his home with burn marks.

Dead is 59-year-old truck driver Walter Tomlinson of Savannah district in the parish.

Reports are that about 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday, the police received reports of a body in a house in the community.

Checks made revealed Tomlinson's with blood coming from his body and burn marks to his right leg.

The scene was examined and the body removed.

No motive has been established by the police.

Investigation continues.

- Rasbert Turner

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