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FBI: Body found in trunk of burning car in New Mexico

CHURCH ROCK, N.M. – Authorities say a body has been found in the trunk of a burning car in northwestern New Mexico.

The FBI says the body and burning car found Monday in an isolated area north of Church Rock are the subject of an investigation by the FBI and the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.

The FBI says the badly burned body was taken to the state Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque for determination of cause of death and identification.

Church Rock is eight miles east of Gallup.