Man’s burning death inside car in Skokie ruled accidental
A body was found in a car fire Oct. 8, 2016, in north suburban Skokie.
The death of a 50-year-old man found inside a burning car last fall in north suburban Skokie has been ruled accidental.
Thomas Damnitz was dead at the wheel of a car that was found engulfed in flames about 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2016, in the 9100 block of Lawler Avenue, according to Skokie police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy at the time did not rule on the Skokie resident’s cause or manner of death.
Authorities have since determined he died of burns after the car’s engine caught fire, police said Monday. It was ruled an accident.
My take on this is that when a automobile engine starts on fire, the occupants get out. This is the kind of crap the ME is handing out?
What happens is Skokie stays in Skokie.
ReplyDeleteI was working on a theory that he got his thumb caught in the hole where the cigarette lighter goes and it was a case of spontaneous human combustion.
ReplyDeleteNo.1 Detective Charlie Chan say someting smells berry berry fishy.....
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ReplyDeleteThis man was a gang leader of the Stoned Freaks to boot.
ReplyDeleteActually, that has nothing to do with the story. It was a tragic accident, witnesses and surveillance from the route he was driving showed him appearing to have car troubles. Our assumption is he was trying to get the car home after running an errand to the nearby Walgreens. Thanks to a neighbors camera, detectives were able to see him struggling to get his car over the small curb in his driveway. He then was observed getting out of the vehicle, although it was not in park, putting his hands on his head, then getting back in the vehicle presumably to put it in park. At that moment, detectives believe he was delirious due to the onset of a heart attack and once he got back in the car - he didn't make it back out. Once back in the car, his foot revved the gas pedal which started a fire. His upstairs neighbor and witnesses in the nearby park then heard a car horn going off, then flames - he was slumped over at this point. The upstairs neighbor was unable to get him out of the car. I'm his daughter - Any other questions?
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