Police say the trucking company’s CEO was found killed Wednesday in a burning building in Crestwood, Illinois.

The bodies were found after police and firefighters responded to reports of heavy smoke emanating from the ATG truck office. According to Crestwood Police Station (CPD) press release. Authorities discovered the body of ATG truck CEO Dane Koteski on the second floor of the building after firefighters fired the flames. Koteski’s neck was novel with pointy or sharp objects, according to the Cook County Medical Inspector’s office.

“The fire was quickly put out. There was a lot of smoke. We cleaned up the smoke and the focus became a body investigation,” CPD chief Kevin Sisk I said ABC7. “Investigators determined that the victim was the owner of the company: Dane Koteski, 46. Later, an autopsy determined that Koteski’s neck had been severed with a knife.”

According to the CPD, the CPD has begun an investigation into the death and fire. The major crime task force in the south suburbs is helping to investigate Koteski’s death, but the state firefighters will help consider the alleged arson.

“They developed the suspects pretty quickly,” Sisk said.

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According to the CPD, the suspect was one of Koteski’s employees. Authorities found the suspect at a truck stop, and the Dutch police department in Michigan arrested individuals Thursday morning. Police did not name the suspect. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan holds a suspect awaiting extradition to Illinois. It will probably happen by the weekend, Chicago Sun Times It has been reported. According to a press release, CPD and the Cook County State Attorney’s Office are jointly investigating the case. (Related: Police arrested for allegedly locking up a colleague in a piping hot room)

The suspect’s potential motives remain unknown.

The organizer is set gofundme For Koteski’s funeral and for the future of Koteski’s son. As of Tuesday afternoon, it has raised more than $95,000. “His generosity, friendship and kindness are well known between the Macedonian and Serbian communities and the church,” the page reads.

The daily caller contacted the Crestwood Police Department for comments, but did not receive it by the time of publication.