9-year-old child found dead in burning car after domestic dispute in Sayreville

Police responded to a call for a domestic dispute at 10:45 p.m. where a woman told officers that Manuel Rivera, 43, left the house with their 9-year-old son.

Authorities also received a call for a fire near Sayreville War Memorial High School. When they got to the scene at Washington Road, they found Rivera alive but with burns to his body and a self-inflicted wound.Rivera was taken to the hospital where he is being treated for injuries and is charged with aggravated arson. Additional charges are pending the autopsy report from the Middlesex County Medical Examiner.

The child was a student at the Wilson school where counselors and therapists will be on hand Monday to offer counseling or emotional support.Anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area is asked to call Detective Michael Pirigyi of the Sayreville Police Department at 732-727-4444 or Detective Jose Rosario of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at 732-745-3289.Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below.

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