Man Found Dead In Car Fire

Updated: Mon 9:50 AM, Dec 18, 2006

State police are still investigating a gruesome death where a man was found burned to death in a car.

We're told a vehicle was reported on fire Sunday morning that may have had a victim inside. The Bath County Fire Department resonded to the call and found a black Pontiac Bonneville on fire.

After firefighters put out the fire they found 42 year-old John Hatton, from Bethel, dead in the car.

State police say the man's death and the fire is still under investigation.

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