Body found amid tire blaze identified

Little Rock police have identified the woman who was found amid a tire fire Thursday morning.

Firefighters found the body of Amy May Hughett, 31, of Little Rock amid a pileof burning tires behind a storage facility at 5115 Young Road, police said. Little Rock fire crews were called to the facility about 6 a.m. and only found Hughett’s remains once they extinguished the blaze, officials said.

Police sent the body tothe state medical examiner Thursday and have not released the cause of her death. But detectives are investigating it as the city’s 17th homicide this year.

Police on Friday had not developed any suspects or motives in Hughett’s death.

Northwest Arkansas, Pages 19 on 06/30/2013

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