MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Berkeley County authorities are investigating a homicide.
A body was discovered in a field that was on fire late Monday night.
Berkeley County Sheriff Rob Blair said the discovery happened in the 100 block of Golf Course Road just outside the city limits of Martinsburg.
“We processed the crime scene into the morning hours. The West Virginia State Police came out with their crime scene personnel and gave us a huge hand,” Blair told WEPM Radio Tuesday morning.
The body is being sent to the state Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, Blair said.
“We will send an officer down with that to collect what evidence we can,” Blair said. “We are asking the public at this point that if they have any information related to this they give the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department a call.”
Blair said investigators don’t believe there’s an active threat to the public in connection with the death.