Burned body found in Kentucky car

HARLAN, KENTUCKY - Police found a burned body inside the car of an eastern Kentucky sheriff&#39;s candidate who had once served time in prison for conspiracy to commit murder and had been reported missing earlier in the day. <br> <br> Paul L. Browning&#39;s car was found Saturday near the Virginia and Tennessee state lines, said Trooper Buddy Simpson, a spokesman for the Kentucky State Police. <br> <br> Browning, 56, had called home on Friday to say he would be back around 5 p.m., said his son, Paul Browning III. <br> <br> ``He spoke with my mother and was fine,&#39;&#39; he said. ``I was suspicious when he wasn&#39;t home for the tip-off of the UK (University of Kentucky basketball) game, and I was even more suspicious when he wasn&#39;t home at half time.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The family reported Browning missing Saturday. <br> <br> Browning was elected Harlan County sheriff in 1981 but was arrested the following year amid accusations that he conspired to kill a local magistrate and the county school board chairman. He was sentenced in 1982 to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder and was paroled in 1985. <br> <br> Browning said his attempt to shut down bootlegging activities and corruption in Harlan County had led to his troubles. <br> <br> In January, he filed papers to run for the same sheriff&#39;s post. <br> <br> Harlan County, in southeastern Kentucky, has about 33,000 residents.

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