by Randy Picking ~ Salina Post

Salina Police have released the identity of a man who died in a fire last October while staying in an abandoned trailer house in north Salina.

DNA was used to identify 42-year-old John Mosher, who was a homeless man. Mosher’s body was found in the ruins of the trailer destroyed by the fire in the 1700 block of N. 9th October 20th of 2011.

Lt. Scott Siemsen says that DNA from law enforcement in Florida was used to get a positive id on Mosher. Mosher had talked to Salina Police in the day prior to his death concerning a meal skip case at a Salina restaurant and thought he might have been the victim of the fire after talking with another homeless man who had stayed with Mosher at the abandoned trailer.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation was able to make the identification.