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Investigators Identify Burned Body Found In Shed At Vacaville Grapevine Vineyard

VACAVILLE (CBS13) - Sheriff's department investigators say they have identified the body of a man found dead inside a burned-out shed at a grapevine nursery in Vacaville earlier this month.

The fire happened on July 9 at around 3:30 a.m. inside of a tractor shed at Mercier Grapevine Nursery in the 6700 block of Pleasant's Valley Road. Storage pallets and plastic bins were stacked nearby.

The man who was killed is 43-year-old Robert L. Thomas III of Fairfield, according to a statement by the Solano County Sheriff's Department. The cause of his death is actively being investigated by detectives.

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