A man living near the home where another man’s body was found Wednesday says the victim ‘’was a good guy, who would do anything for people.’’ Some others agreed after word spread about the discovery of a body when firefighters responded to a home Wednesday morning in the 3600 block of Bayview Drive.
The Vermilion County Coroner this morning released the name of the victim, 51-year-old Jay C. Hein of Danville.
Danville Public Safety Director Larry Thomason says police have taken a 19-year-olf Danville man into custody in the case on preliminary charges of murder and arson. Thomason says that person was taken into custody about two hours after the body was discovered. Thomason says the arrest was made ‘’many blocks’’ from the home on Bayview Drive. The name of arrested is being withheld as the investigation continues.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire damage ‘’basically to a single room’’ at the home, according to Thomason. He says once the body was found…members of crime scene units from Danville and the Illinois State Police were called to the home.
An autopsy is scheduled for today.
