The man is suspected to be a 23-year-old from Marlton, but police are awaiting DNA tests to confirm his identity.
CAMDEN -- A man who was found dead in a burning minivan in Camden on Thursday died from a drug overdose, authorities announced Friday.
The man is suspected to be a 23-year-old Marlton resident, according to a media release from the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, but police are awaiting DNA testing to confirm his identity.
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His body was found in the driver's seat of the minivan after firefighters responded to reports of a burning vehicle on the 2100 block of Miller Street at 1:14 p.m.
An autopsy performed Friday determined his cause of death to be from the "adverse effect of drugs" and deemed accidental, police said.
There's no word yet on what caused the fire, and police are asking anyone with information to contact Camden County Prosecutor's Office Detective Sherman Lee Hopkins Jr. at 856-225-8623 or Camden County Police Detective Geoffrey Chiumento at 856-757-7420. Tips can be emailed as well to ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.
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