POMONA — Authorities have identified a man whose body was found inside a burning car along the 10 Freeway in Pomona last week, though how the man died remained under investigation.

Christopher Michael Cercone, 33, of Ontario was pronounced dead after firefighters extinguished a burning Chevrolet Impala along the the South Campus Drive onramp to the westbound 10 Freeway, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner’s Assistant Chief of Operations Ed Winter said.

The body was found in the driver’s seat of the car, which was reported as a car fire by passers-by about 10 p.m. Jan. 26, according to Pomona police investigators.

Once firefighters extinguished the flames and discovered the body, they determined the fire was suspicious in nature and notified Pomona police, authorities said.

The car displayed no body damage consisted with a major crash.

An autopsy had been carried out on Cercone’s body, Winter said, however an officials cause of death was deferred pending further examination.

Pomona police homicide detectives continued investigating.