By Associated Press - Monday, January 30, 2017

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - Detectives in western Washington have found a missing truck connected to a triple homicide and house fire.

Scott Wilson with the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office says human remains were recovered Sunday from the truck, which was completely burned. KOMO reports ( https://bit.ly/2kJsnRL ) the truck was found in Mason County, which is west of Seattle across the Puget Sound.

The truck and 43-year-old John D. Careaga were reported missing by authorities Saturday after a house fire. Three bodies were found inside the burned house. The Sheriff’s Office identified two of the bodies as male and one of them as female.



The truck, a brown 2005 Ford F-150, was completely scorched when authorities found it. The Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine a positive identity of the remains. Detectives are continuing with the investigation.

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