Dead body found in burned-out van in Woodland Hills
Firefighters found a dead body inside a burned-out van on a dirt road in the Woodland Hills area Tuesday morning.
Los Angeles firefighters responding to a brush fire near the 21000 block of Mulholland Drive at about 7:25 a.m. Tuesday found a burning van.
After extinguishing the fire, firefighters found a dead body inside.
LAPD and Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigators were at the scene near Rosario Road investigating.
On Wednesday, authorities identified the victim as 37-year-old Reseda resident Joel Ravin. The van was allegedly registered to Ravin, but witnesses detailed seeing a black sedan leaving the scene shortly after the fire was first reported.
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