Limestone County Coroner identifies man found after fire in May

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Limestone County Coroner has identified a man found after a fire on Highway 72 back in May.

Limestone County Coroner identified the man as 70-year-old Rohn E. Pruett. He said Pruett was identified by the Alabama Department of Forensics through DNA.

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According to the Huntsville Police Department (HPD), the remains later identified as Pruett’s were originally found in the early morning hours of May 3 after a fire on Highway 72.

HPD told News 19 at the time that at around 2:30 a.m. on May 3 officers responded to a call of a dead person near 29900 Hwy 72.

The department said Limestone County originally had a fire call at that location before the Pruett’s remains were found.

West said Pruett’s cause of death is still pending at this time.

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