A FORMER Los Angeles police officer linked to a killing spree targeting police and their families is believed to have died in a rural cabin that burned down around him, ending a massive California manhunt, authorities have said.
A FORMER Los Angeles police officer linked to a killing spree targeting police and their families is believed to have died in a rural cabin that burned down around him, ending a massive California manhunt, authorities have said.
siege: Police officers man a blockade during the search for Dorner.
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Police were awaiting forensic analysis to confirm charred remains found inside the cabin in the wooded hills of the San Bernardino National Forest were those of 33-year-old Christopher Dorner.
Authorities including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the man who had barricaded himself inside the cabin was almost certainly Dorner.
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