Driver's license of Christopher Dorner found with charred human remains in cabin where ex-LAPD was hiding
Authorities say it could take days or weeks to positively identify the body, which was found inside a burned-out cabin near Big Bear Lake. They don't believe he took any hostages and he never emerged from the cabin before it was set on fire. Dorner was wanted for three killings, and allegedly murdered a sheriff's deputy during this latest shootout.
KABC
An aerial view showing the Big Bear Lake cabin where Christopher Dorner barricaded himself.
A wallet holding a California driver's license with the name Christopher Dorner has been found inside the torched cabin where the ex-L.A. cop made his furious, final stand Tuesday.
That's in addition to the charred human remains that were discovered in the basement along with other personal items.
It could take days or even weeks before forensics experts identify the burned body. For now, officials in Southern California — still on edge after Dorner’s deadly rampage that claimed four lives — remain cautious that his “reign of terror” is over.
"We have reason to believe that it is him," San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cynthia Bachman said Tuesday night.
Police say 33-year-old Dorner never emerged from the smoldering cabin, where a single gunshot was heard before the hideout went up in flames. They haven't said how the fire began.
Authorities, meanwhile, don't believe Dorner took hostages.
