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Fire Crews Discover Body Inside Mobile Home

FAULKNER COUNTY,AR–Faulkner County investigators are trying to solve the county’s first homicide of the year.

Lt. Matt Rice released a statement late Sunday confirming the Vilonia and Hilltop Fire Departments responded to a fire at 29 Mini Farm Road outside of Vilonia around 1:30 Sunday afternoon.

While putting out the fire, Lt Rice says crews discovered a body in one of the bedrooms of the mobile home.

Faulkner County investigators were called to the scene where they found evidence leading them to believe it was a homicide.

Authorities have not released the name of the victim.