FLORENCE, Ore. -- A Portland man's body was found in a burning vehicle near Florence Tuesday night, police said.
At 11:30 p.m. police received the report of a burning vehicle just off of Highway 101, about 11 miles north of Florence, according to Lt. Gregg Hastings with Oregon State Police.
Responding firefighters found the body of 22-year-old Jude Mahaffy inside the vehicle, Hastings said.
OSP detectives and Lane County District Attorney's Office were investigating the incident. They have called it a suspicious death.
