Camden Courier-Post, November 29, 1971View transcription
Fire Death Of Woman Is Probed
An investigation into the death of a 37-year-old Camden woman, found in her burning home Saturday evening, is being conducted by the Camden firemarshal and detective bureau.
An autopsy was scheduled today for Mrs. Elizabeth McLeish, 830 Woodland Ave. She was found by firemen, sitting at her kitchen table, burned to death.
Fire Marshal Harold Pike said he enlisted the aid of the detective bureau because he was unable to determine why Mrs. McLeish had been unable to escape the burning house.
Neighbors discovered the fire at 6:18 p.m., according to Pike. He said the flames had started in a cardboard box filled with trash in a rear shed of the two-story, single family house.
Pike said when firemen managed to get into the house, there was intense heat that slowed their progress.
Mrs. McLeish was alone in the house at the time of the fire, according to Pike. Her mother, Mrs. Janice Smalls, and two small children live in the same house but were not home, he said.
The entire first floor of the house was destroyed, Pike said.
Camden County medical investigator Joseph Bocco ordered the body removed to the morgue for the autopsy.
An investigation into the death of a 37-year-old Camden woman, found in her burning home Saturday evening, is being conducted by the Camden fire marshal and detective bureau.
An autopsy was scheduled today for Mrs. Elizabeth McLeish, 830 Woodland Ave. She was found by firemen, sitting at her kitchen table, burned to death.
Fire Marshal Harold Pike said he enlisted the aid of the detective bureau because he was unable to determine why Mrs. McLeish had been unable to escape the burning house.
Neighbors discovered the fire at 6:18 p.m., according to Pike. He said the flames had started in a cardboard box filled with trash in a rear shed of the two-story, single family house.
Pike said when firemen managed to get into the house, there was intense heat that slowed their progress.
Mrs. McLeish was alone in the house at the time of the fire, according to Pike. Her mother, Mrs. Janice Smalls, and two small children live in the same house but were not home, he said.
The entire first floor of the house was destroyed, Pike said.
Camden County medical investigator Joseph Bocco ordered the body removed to the morgue for the autopsy.
