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Police ID victim found in car fire

Police have identified the man found inside a burning vehicle in Olney early Sunday morning.

Juan Caraballo, 60, was discovered by firefighters responding to a report of a car fire on Marshall Street near Roosevelt Boulevard, police said. Carraballo's body was found in the passenger seat of a 1988 Toyota 4Runner at the location, according to reports.

Medics on the scene pronounced him dead at 3:39 a.m. A later analysis ruled blunt-force trauma to the head and a stab wound as the cause of death.

No motive has been determined at this time, and there is no description of a suspect available.