Body found in burned car identified as Waynesburg man
The body of the person found in a burned-out vehicle on a rural road in Washington County last month has been identified as a Waynesburg man.
Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco said June 4 investigators used DNA to identify Thomas W. Ringer, 40, of Waynesburg, nearly three weeks after his body was discovered inside the vehicle.
The burned-out vehicle was located May 16 on Maple Road in East Finley Township, state police said.
The cause and manner of Ringer’s death remain under investigation, Warco said.
Anyone with information about Ringer’s death is asked to call state police at the Washington barracks at 724-223-5200.