BRILEY TOWNSHIP, MI -- A Briley Township man will be charged Monday after his wife's remains were found this weekend in a burning vehicle, and police followed a trail of drag marks leading back to the suspect's home.

At 11:14 p.m. Saturday, troopers from the Michigan State Police's Alpena Post and deputies from the Montmorency County Sheriff Department were dispatched to a vehicle fire in a ditch at the intersection of Sheridan Valley Road and Scenic Rte. 3.

When officers arrived, the car was engulfed in flames. Badly burned human remains were found in the back seat after the fire was put out.

Because the car was registered to a leasing company, it wasn't immediately possible to identify who the car belonged to. However, there were parts of the vehicle scattered along the road and marks that showed the vehicle had been towed to that location.

Police traced the drag marks several miles to a residence in McCormick Lake. Detectives then talked to the man who had been sleeping in the home and determined the burned body in the vehicle was his wife. There was also indications that a domestic assault had taken place.

The man was arrested and brought in by police for questioning.

The identities of the man and the victim are being withheld, pending notification of family.