NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
November 14, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

BODY DISCOVERED IN BOAT FIRE

    The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of a body inside a boat that caught fire behind Barefoot Bay on Okaloosa Island .

     The boat was tied to the dock behind 335 Bluefish Drive . It was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived shortly after two a.m.

     The State Fire Marshall's Office is investigating the cause of the blaze.

      More information will be released as it becomes available.                         

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