District Attorney: Man Found Dead In House Fire Fatally Stabbed

WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) -- Officials say the person found dead in a Montgomery County house fire Thursday was also fatally stabbed.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said in a statement Friday that 56-year-old Won Woo Do's body was found in a bedroom following a fire at 25 Township Line Road in the Blue Bell section of Whitpain Township.

Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday to the single ranch-style home engulfed in flames.

An autopsy concluded that Do died from multiple stab wounds.

His death has been ruled a homicide, and the fire was ruled an arson.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Whitpain Township Police Department at 610-279-9033 or the Montgomery County Detective Bureau at 610-278-3368.

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