Manatee County deputies are trying to figure out who killed a woman and set her body on fire.
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a body on fire in a wooded area off 18th Street East.
Deputies arrived at 1:15 a.m. Monday to find Veronica Polite, 50, of Bradenton, dead at the scene.
The case is being treated as a homicide.
Polite’s husband said she was legally blind and likely led away from her apartment by someone she knows.
It’s unclear if she was murdered at the scene or elsewhere.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of Polite’s death.
Anyone with information is being asked to call the MCSO at (941) 747-3011 or Crime Stoppers at 866-634-TIPS.
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