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Released: September 28, 2010 - Tuesday, 11:03 AM

Fifth Person in Custody for Murder

Contact: Rob BrynPhone: (805) 781-4547Date and time of incident: 9-27-10 1:00 PM (booking time)Place of Occurrence: San Luis Obispo County JailVictim Information: Unidentified burned bodySuspect Information: Cody Lane Miller, 20 (8-14-90) of FresnoSan Luis Obispo County Sheriff's homicide investigators have released the name of a fifth person taken into custody on murder charges related to the burned corpse found in Santa Margarita on Sunday.
Cody Lane Miller was in a local hospital under guard and was booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail after being treated and released.
On a related matter, coroner investigators will assist at autopsy today in an attempt to determine cause and manner of death, as well as, a positive identification of the victim. The body was recovered Monday afternoon from a remote location on Parkhill Road. The charred body was discovered after the report of a vegetation fire in the area.
Booking photo release authorized.