PYATT — According to a press release issued by the office of Marion County Sheriff Gregg Alexander on Thursday, a body was found during a recent structure fire in Pyatt. The sheriff’s office reported that on Monday, Oct. 14, at approximately 8:21 p.m., the Marion County Emergency 911 Center received a call of a structure fire on Marion County Road 3015 in the rural Pyatt area of Marion County.
When personnel from the Pyatt Volunteer Fire Department arrived, the structure was fully engulfed. After the fire was extinguished, fire department personnel located a body inside the residence. A vehicle belonging to the property owner was in the driveway, but the property owner could not be located.
Investigators spoke with a family member of the property owner who stated he saw the family member at the residence earlier in the day, but did not know where the family could be located. Investigators conducted interviews at the scene and learned the resident had recently complained of a faulty space heater inside the residence.
The body of the deceased was transferred to the Marion County Coroner’s Office to be transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy to determine positive identification as well as the cause and manner of death.
Sheriff Alexander stated that investigators processed the scene and conducted interviews, and the investigation is on-going.
Assisting at the scene were the Flippin Fire Department, Yellville Fire Department, Summit Fire Department, Bruno Fire Department, and the Mountain Home Fire Marshal.
