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Bodies of two boys and two girls, all burned beyond recognition.

We're found this morning in an automobile near the village of Willis at the Wayne-Washington

County line.

The burning car was seen by Harvey Sancher, the farmer who lives near the spot at 5.15 a.m.,

quote, I heard the sound of an automobile going south on the road.

Then I saw flames rising down by the pasture.

I called help and ran down there, unquote.

When Sancher reached the car, the automobile was engulfed in flames.

The flames prevented him from approaching it.

He hurried to the farmhouse of his nephew Guy Sancher nearby.

When they returned, the flames had somewhat subsided. One of the two doors was opened, and the fire had cracked the windows,

and they could see the four bodies within. Three were lying in the tenow. The remains of one

of the victims was lying face downward

on the rear seat. Another was lying with the head toward the left door, while another was

lying with the head toward the right door. And the fourth was in the driver's seat. The

front passenger seat was tilted forward. A wrench was found between the legs of one of the

victims. Quote, it looked to me as if the bodies and the inside of the car had been soaked in gasoline.

The flames spread the way they do when gasoline or kerosene is used.

The windows were closed, but the heat shattered them.

The car was standing upright and was undamaged except by the flames."

Sanchez said he saw tracks of another vehicle in the road. This vehicle had been driven past the Wheatley car, skidded to a stop, then turned around and returned to it, and then been driven south over the narrow, lonely road.

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