IDENTIFIED: Man found in vacant home fire in Merced County
Apr 01, 2025
NOTE: The video in this story is from an earlier report.
MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The person who was found dead in a vacant home in Merced County following a fire Monday morning has been identified by the Merced County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office identified the person as 39-yea
r-old Arthur Raymond Anguiano of Merced.
Burned body found in vacant home in Merced County
On Monday, at around 8:45 a.m., officials said they received a report of a tree on fire in the backyard of a vacant home on the 2300 block of Beachwood Drive in Merced. The fire eventually spread into the home.
As fire crews extinguished the fire, they say they discovered Anguiano's body inside the home.
According to neighbors at the scene, the house has been vacant ever since the owner died two years ago.
This is an ongoing investigation. ...read more read less