Alabama officials investigate burned body found in torched pickup truck
AL investigators say the cause of death is still unclear
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Officials are investigating a burned body found inside a burned pickup truck in a remote portion of southwest Alabama.
WKRG-TV reports the body was found Jan. 5 on a dirt road near Lower Peach Tree, in Wilcox County.
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Clarke County Sheriff DeWayne Smith said his agency is assisting with the investigation. Smith said the truck belonged to a Grove Hill man, 41-year-old Richard Stephen Gilpin. The badly burned body is believed to be Gilpin, Smith said, although a forensic identification is still pending.
Gilpin had been reported missing earlier that day by relatives after he did not return home from work.
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It's not clear where or how Gilpin died or if a crime was committed.