Body that sat in burned garage for 2 days is a female, police say

A body that sat for two days in a Pasadena garage that had partially burned in a fire before being discovered was identified Wednesday as a female, police said.

Firefighters knocked down the blaze that had burned parts of the main home in eight minutes early Sunday and left after residents in the house said no one lived in the garage, the Pasadena Police Department said in a statement.

Several hours later, police said, fire crews returned to douse smoldering hot spots on the roof of the garage in the 100 block of South San Marino Avenue.