Police ID victim in Germantown fire; no crime suspected

Montgomery County police have released the identity of a man whose body was found after a fire in Germantown on Wednesday.

Investigators do not believe there was any foul play involved in the death of 69-year-old Richard Michael Bauer.

Bauer was found after fire crews and police responded to the 19200 block of Cross Ridge Drive around noon on Wednesday.

Results of a complete autopsy at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore are still pending.