UPDATE: Body Found Inside Burned Home, Name Released
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Updated: 2:37 PM Jul 27, 2010
UPDATE: Body Found Inside Burned Home, Name Released
The name of a man who was found in a burned out home has been released.
Posted: 2:37 PM Jul 27, 2010
Reporter: John Griffith
Email Address: john.griffith@wsaz.com
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UPDATE: Tuesday, 7/27 2:30 p.m.
BAISDEN, W.Va (WSAZ) - We now know the name of a man who was found in a burned out home in Mingo County.

Bernie Lester lived in the house on Gilbert Creek in Mingo County. The fire started early Monday morning.

Firefighters found the body after the fire was out.

No word on a caused the fire.



ORIGINAL STORY
BAISDEN, W.Va (WSAZ) - Mingo County dispatchers have confirmed a body was found early Monday morning in a burned out home.

The fire broke out about 2 a.m., at a home on Gilbert Creek.

The coroner and the state Fire Marshal have been called.

So far, there's no word on a cause, or the name of the victim.


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Posted by: Deanna Hatfield on Jul 31, 2010 at 01:43 AM

Burnie was a friend to everyone that knew him. He loved kids and had respect for others. He always had a smile on his face. You will be missed Burnie!
Posted by: unknown on Jul 27, 2010 at 03:31 PM

This was murder!
Posted by: valerie on Jul 26, 2010 at 09:46 PM

Burnie lived on the main road at Baisden between right hand fork and baisden fork. He lived across where a little community store was. Down below the old Rosa Baptist Church. He was a very kind man who everyone remembers as being the life at the school. He made everyone smile. He has no immediate family but does have a aunt and cousins. He will be greatly missed. This is such a terrible way to died and I hope that if any foul play was involved that the guilty parties are caught. REST IN PEACE BURNIE!!! YOU WILL BE MISSED!!!!
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