Worcester County Bureau of Investigation Press Release

DATE & TIME: Thursday June 30, 2011
CBI Case # 11-0152
LOCATION: 10000BLK Racetrack Road (Route 589)
Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland
CRIME: Death Investigation
VICTIM: Brian Paul WICKES, male age 62 Worcester County, MD

ACCUSED: N/A
CHARGES: N/A

NARRATIVE:

On June 30, 2011 a positive identification has been made. The remains have been positively identified as those of Brian Paul WICKES.

There is no indications that there is a criminal element involved here and that the death will likely be related to a medical related illness.

(Original Press Release)

At approximately 2:15AM the Ocean Pines Fire Department was dispatched to a vehicle fire with entrapment located in the 10000BLK of Racetrack Road, Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland.

Upon the arrival of fire units, the vehicle was completely involved in flames and there was an exposure problem to a nearby structure.

The fire was quickly extinguished by members of the Ocean Pines Fire Department and the structure only suffered minor damage.

Further investigation revealed the remains of a single male occupant in the vehicle.

Investigators from the Worcester County Bureau of Investigations and the MD State Fire Marshall Office and the MD State Police Crime lab, responded to the scene reference conducting an investigation.

As a result of the fire, a positive identification was unable to be made and the body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for autopsy.

This incident is still under investigation and anyone that might have information is asked to contact Corporal Robert Trautman (WCBI) at (410) 352-3476 extension 124.