Murdered man found after house fire identified

CREATED Feb. 7, 2013

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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- The Clark County coroner's office has identified the man that was found dead in a trunk of a car after a house fire on Tuesday as 49-year-old Daniel Frank Gilberto.

The official cause of death was blunt force trauma.

Police believe that Gilberto was killed after he interrupted a burglary.

Clark County Fire Department responded to a call at his residence at about 2:15 a.m. Feb. 5.

After the fire was extinguished, Gilberto's body was discovered in the trunk of a car inside the house's garage.

At this time, no suspects have been identified.