8/20/13 - While authorities work to identify the victim from Mondayâs house fire in Genoa Township, theyâve formally identified the Howell man killed in a late-night house fire last week. Howell Police Chief George Basar tells WHMI that an autopsy has confirmed the victim of last weekâs fire was 76-year-old Ronald Leroy Sakay. Firefighters found Sakay inside of the home on Clinton Street last Thursday night and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. The cause of that fire remains under investigation. Chief Basar says they positively identified Sakay last week but could not release his name until next of kin had been notified. Sakayâs only next of kin is his daughter, who is out of the country in Canada and it took some time for authorities to make contact with her. Meanwhile, the investigation continues into Monday morningâs blaze that destroyed a home on East Crooked Lake Road in Genoa Township. A body was found in the debris hours after the fire was extinguished. Authorities are working to identify that person. Brighton Fire Chief Mike Oâ Brian says a cause of the Genoa Township blaze is also still being determined. (JK)
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