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Authorities ID Victim Of Fatal Trenton House Fire Authorities ID Victim Of Fatal Trenton House Fire
Authorities ID Victim Of Fatal Trenton House Fire The name of the victim in last week's suspicious house fire in Trenton has been released. The body of Severn Drew, 65, was found in the debris of the Sept. 23 fire on the 700 block of Southard Street, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. An autopsy concluded that Drew’s cause of death was carbon monoxide asphyxiation, DeBlasio said on Wednesday. The fire and death remain under investigation. The manner of Drew's death remains undetermined, she said. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Arson Unit …

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by Jon Craig
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Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious' Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious'
Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious' UPDATED: Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal house fire that is considered suspicious. An elderly man was killed in the three-alarm blaze in Trenton on Tuesday night. After the fire was extinguished, the body of the dead man was found in fire debris, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. The blaze broke out about 8:30 p.m. in a home that was cluttered with hoarded belongings on the 700 block of Southard Street, authorities said. A 63-year-old man was found on the first floor of the structure. His name had not been r…

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by Jon Craig