BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – The Brown County Sheriff’s Office report is in and investigators say it does not appear foul play is a factor in a fatal house fire last month.
Autopsies show 49 year old Allen Reiner, and 41 year old Molly Brockman, died of thermal injuries and smoke inhalation.
Their bodies were found after a fire destroyed their home on Tamarack Drive in Pittsfield, February 17th.
Investigators say the fire had burned for a while before it was discovered and put out.
They could only determine that the fire started in the eastern three-quarters of the house, because it destroyed so much evidence they typically use to figure out where a fire started.
That evidence included the water heater, furnace, electronics and refrigerators.
That means the cause of the fire is now listed as “undetermined,” and the investigation will be closed unless there’s new evidence.
