Burnt body found at Sainsbury's store (From Wiltshire Times)
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Burnt body found at Sainsbury's store
8:51am Tuesday 7th August 2012 in News
Police seal off the entrance of the Sainsbury's store this morning
A burnt body was discovered at the Sainsbury's store in Bath Road, Chippenham, in the early hours of this morning.
The body was burnt beyond recognition and police are now investigating.
Both entrances to the supermarket have been sealed off while police carry out their work, and the store is expected to be closed for the rest of the day.
Some traffic chaos was caused this morning as customers tried to enter the store, and people are now being advised to stay away.
In a statement police said: "At approximately 3am this morning a dog handler on a routine patrol discovered a fire in part of the Sainsbury’s car park in Bath Road, Chippenham.
"The fire service attended, extinguished the fire and the area was cordoned off.
"Once the fire was put out, the police discovered a body within the debris.
"It is too early to say whether this incident is suspicious but enquiries continue."
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said the store was shut and everything possible was being done to help police.
Police are asking for anyone who was in the area of the Sainsbury’s car park between midnight and 3am to come forward and speak to them.
Anyone with information should call 101 or, anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Police say they are still unsure if the death is suspicious or not, and that they are pursuing all lines of inquiry.
Sector inspector for Chippenham Martin Schorah said: “I can confirm that we are dealing with a badly burned body.
“This was discovered by an officer on foot patrol after we received a call from night guards at Sainsbury’s.”
Jess Dick, who was staying in Taunton Close with her 17-month-old daughter last night, said she was shocked by the discovery.
“This is such a safe and quiet place to live, so it’s really shocking,” she said.
Police have confirmed that the bodt us that of an adult after speculation that it could be missing 12-year-old Tia Sharpe.
Tia was last seen leaving her grandmother's home in New Addington, south-east London, at around midday on Friday after telling relatives she was going to the Whitgift Centre in Croydon town centre.
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Comments (45)
10:50am Tue 7 Aug 12
frosch says...
well it sounds suspicious to me or is it usual in Chippenham to cremate bodies in a supermarket car park in the middle of the night
11:01am Tue 7 Aug 12
boudicca rocks! says...
Condolences to the victims family and friends.
12:41pm Tue 7 Aug 12
old 'arry says...
12:55pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot says...
Sad to say, it may not have been suspicious.
1:01pm Tue 7 Aug 12
antmanrob says...
1:12pm Tue 7 Aug 12
JesseLake says...
7:03pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot says...
7:05pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot says...
7:19pm Tue 7 Aug 12
dragon22 says...
7:56pm Tue 7 Aug 12
umpcah says...
8:05pm Tue 7 Aug 12
Calyo says...
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-car-park.html
8:06pm Tue 7 Aug 12
vodo90 says...
8:20pm Tue 7 Aug 12
vodo90 says...
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trol-station-chippen
ham. Station was closed daily mail done it agian
8:27pm Tue 7 Aug 12
Calyo says...
8:51pm Tue 7 Aug 12
notscot says...
9:09pm Tue 7 Aug 12
Wiltshirebornandbred says...
11:30pm Tue 7 Aug 12
well oill beef hooked says...
11:40pm Tue 7 Aug 12
Wiltshirebornandbred says...
1:47am Wed 8 Aug 12
willbaroo says...
If so - please get in touch with the police because they are having a hard time identifying the body.
Do us all a flavor and jump off the band wagon. Its boring!
1:52am Wed 8 Aug 12
dragon22 says...
8:49am Wed 8 Aug 12
Gazetter 1 says...
Whatever next will happen!
8:54am Wed 8 Aug 12
Gazetter 1 says...
il.co.uk/news/articl
e-2184909/Chippenham
-tramp-set-killed-3-
thugs-slept-Sainsbur
ys-car-park.html.
Still very tragic and as I have previously said in that the culprits are punished
10:09am Wed 8 Aug 12
willbaroo says...
Are you working on the case?
Did you see the forensic teams leave with the remains after the photo was taken?
The grim fact is you don't. You're assuming it is because of what you can see via a 480px × 354px photo.
11:02am Wed 8 Aug 12
Mystery Mike says...
And 'flavor' is an idiosyncratic twist on the word 'favour', or do you take absolutely everything this seriously?
12:47pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Wiltshirebornandbred says...
1:02pm Wed 8 Aug 12
jigsaw 5 says...
1:14pm Wed 8 Aug 12
willbaroo says...
1:18pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Roy-Orbit of Chippenham says...
3:21pm Wed 8 Aug 12
dragon22 says...
4:16pm Wed 8 Aug 12
willbaroo says...
4:20pm Wed 8 Aug 12
dragon22 says...
4:46pm Thu 9 Aug 12
conkir says...
8:18pm Thu 9 Aug 12
willbaroo says...
9:00pm Thu 9 Aug 12
dragon22 says...
10:26pm Thu 9 Aug 12
notscot says...
(Dolt of the week award to this insensitive numpty)
10:30pm Thu 9 Aug 12
dragon22 says...
5:56am Fri 10 Aug 12
notscot says...
9:21am Fri 10 Aug 12
dragon22 says...
7:12am Sat 11 Aug 12
notscot says...
pee!ng contest.
1:51pm Sun 12 Aug 12
underdogs says...
9:49pm Sun 12 Aug 12
notscot says...
Plenty more to come out - is that fact or gossip?
1:33pm Mon 13 Aug 12
underdogs says...
3:13pm Mon 13 Aug 12
notscot says...
I said: Yes - what truth is that?
Plenty more to come out - is that fact or gossip?”
You implied that there was "more to this story" - alluding to friends, newspapers and the web.
I asked you if the info was fact or gossip.
Don't get confrontational, get informed?
Who's being confrontational?
Get Informed? By whom? You? Other Newspapers? Her neighbours (who WERE NOT with her when she died.)
You either know something - or you don't.
5:51pm Mon 13 Aug 12
underdogs says...
6:26pm Mon 13 Aug 12
notscot says...
Rumour & speculation?
Keep your contribution.