PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating a gruesome discovery after a woman's body was found burning in Olney Thursday morning.
The discovery was made in an alley on the 5200 block of North Marshall Street, near Thurgood Marshall Elementary School and a playground.
Firefighters responded to the scene around 6 a.m. for a report of a fire in the back alleyway and quickly discovered that it was a human body that was burning.
Police say the woman was between the ages of 20 and 40. Firefighters responded to a call for a fire in a back alley of North Marshall Street around 6 a.m.