Man found dead in burning car identified

Baton Rouge police have identified a man found dead Aug. 2 inside a car engulfed in flames on Convention Street, a police spokesman said.

Rufino Gachuzo, 29, Hammond, was found inside the car in the 800 block of Convention at 5:47 a.m., Cpl. L’Jean McKneely said in a news release.

Baton Rouge Fire Department firefighters extinguished the fire and retrieved Gachuzo’s body, McKneely said.

The crash is still under investigation, McKneely said.


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