Tacoma Police: Body found in brush fire near McKinley Park was 'intentionally set on fire'
Police now say body found in brush fire was 'intentionally set on fire'
Tacoma Police are investigating after a woman was found in the ashes of a brush fire. Police say a flammable liquid was on her and she was 'intentionally set on fire.'
TACOMA, Wash. - The Tacoma Police Department is now saying that a body found last week in a brush fire near McKinley Park was "doused in some kind of flammable liquid and intentionally set on fire."
Crews responded to an overnight brush fire on Sept. 3 and found the remains of an 18-year-old in the ashes, TPD said.
Her cause of death is still pending.
She has been identified as Chloee Moore, from the Hilltop neighborhood.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the woman or what led to her death, call 911 or Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.