Woman dies in camper trailer fire in Northern Michigan

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TUSTIN, MI – A woman died in a camper trailer fire over the weekend in Northern Michigan, 9&10 News reports.

Jeanette Marie Whitenton, 53, formerly of Oxford, died Saturday when the camper trailer she was staying in caught fire at Cadillac Woods Campground in Tustin, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s deputies, local firefighters and other first responders responded to reports of a camper trailer on fire with a person possibly inside at 23163 M-115, police said. The rear half of the trailer was engulfed in flames, witnesses said. The victim’s body was found inside the trailer.

Whitenton and her husband had been staying at the campground for about a week; he was not there at the time of the fire, police said. The fire is not suspicious but remains under investigation.

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