[July 04, 2009] BRIEF: Body found burned and dumped in field in Denton County Tweet Jul 04, 2009 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A man believed to be a cabdriver was stabbed, burned and then dumped in a field west of Alliance Airport, the Denton County Sheriff's Department reported Friday. Firefighters found the body about 9 p.m. while putting out a grass fire near Texas 114 and John Day Road. He had been stabbed several times in the torso and his throat had been slashed, according to a news release from sheriff's spokesman Tom Reedy. The body had not been identified late Friday by the Tarrant County medical examiner's office. A blue Freedom Cab Co. van was found about a mile away. Investigators found blood on the front and rear seats, Reedy wrote. Representatives of the cab company told investigators that they last had contact with the driver about 7:45 p.m. The driver's daughter had been unable to reach her father on his cellphone, according to the news release. No money was found in the cab or on the man. A spokeswoman for the Dallas cab company declined to comment Friday. Texas Rangers are helping investigate, Reedy wrote. ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, 817-390-7696 To see more of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.dfw.com. Copyright (c) 2009, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]