Police ID body found in upstate NY home demolition
Authorities have identified the man whose body was found by workers demolishing a fire-damaged house in upstate New York.
They say 51-year-old Patrick Sheehan lived in the three-story building and died of smoke inhalation during a Dec. 10 fire in Schenectady.
District Attorney Robert Carney tells The Daily Gazette of Schenectady that Sheehan’s death is being investigated as a homicide because the origin of the blaze has been deemed suspicious.
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