Body found in Osage County

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the death of a man found burning in a pickup bed in Osage County in the Tulsa area as a homicide. Osage Hills volunteer firefighters discovered the

Monday, January 24th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the death of a man found burning in a pickup bed in Osage County in the Tulsa area as a homicide. Osage Hills volunteer firefighters discovered the body in a 1983 model pickup near 52nd St. north and 25th West Avenue about 7 p.m. Saturday, said Wes Penland, chief deputy for the Osage County Sheriff's Department.

The victim's identity was not immediately released. Penland said the victim suffered a chest wound before being burned. Police do not know what caused the chest wound. The body has been sent to the state Medical Examiners' office for an autopsy. Penland said the fire apparently started on the man's body. The truck is not registered in the victim's name, he said