Police investigating after body found following house fire Sunday in Edmonton
Edmonton police are looking for clues in connection with a suspicious death and house fire discovered early Sunday morning.
Edmonton Fire Rescue Service firefighters responding to an early morning residential fire in the area of 120 Avenue and 77 Street found a deceased man inside and contacted the northwest division of the Edmonton Police Service at 2:47 a.m.
Responding officers determined the death to be suspicious and the EPS homicide unit is investigating.
A police 'do not cross' tape crossed the front of a small white frame house with blue trim at 12008 77 St. NW Sunday morning. The upper floor of the home appeared to have been gutted by fire and officers were at the site at 11 a.m.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
'Anyone with information about this suspicious death, or anyone with security or dash camera footage of the area around 77 Street and 120 Avenue at approximately 1:30 to 2 a.m. on June 1, is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone,' said an EPS news release Sunday.
Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com/250.
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