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Updated: 10:47 PM Nov 10, 2009
Firefighters find body in burnt shed
A small structure fire near the Dothan Country Club has turned into a potential arson and murder investigation after firefighters discovered a woman's body inside a smoldering shed this morning.
Posted: 5:40 PM Nov 10, 2009Reporter: Patrick Claybon Email Address: Patrick@wtvy.com |
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Dothan, AL- A strange and tragic situation on Roberta ave. less than a mile from the Dothan Country Club this morning.
Firefighters discover the remains of 55 year old Dothan resident Vicky Yeager burned inside a shed that neighbors say they never saw her use.
Even now, Dothan police and fire investigators continue to sort through whats left to determine what happened.
Witnesses say it took less that two minutes for Dothan firefighters to extinguish a flaming shed behind Roberta avenue Tuesday morning.
They'd spend the rest of the day and foreseeable future trying to find out why they found what they found after the fire was out.
"Upon extinguishing the flames a victim was found inside the storage building,” Said Capt. Chris Etheredge “upon the discovery of the victim we immediately activated our arson task force because of the investigation aspect. "
Yeager actually lived at her home on Chickasaw street, She used the home on Roberta along with other family members to run a catering business.
"We had done a preliminary investigation with a couple of family members this afternoon” Said Dothan Fire Chief Larry Williams. “We've have determined that they saw her earlier this morning and had talked with her and we're trying to follow up on those leads and determine what happened to her today"
If you have information that may be helpful to investigators , they ask that you contact crime stoppers that number is 793-7000.
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