Vilson Meshi was discovered in a burned-out Audi A4 in a car park in Pitsea
Police want to trace a person filmed by CCTV in a car park the same day a man was found dead in a burned-out Audi A4.
Vilson Meshi, 30, was discovered at Pincey Mead near Pitsea Road, Basildon, on 27 February.
The footage filmed at 02:15 GMT shows a person in a hooded top riding a bike and attempting to open car doors.
Three 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old boy, all from Basildon, are on bail following their arrest on suspicion of murder.
The person appears to try to open car doors
Mr Meshi used to lived in Pincey Mead but had moved to Glossop, Derbyshire.
A post-mortem examination found he died from smoke inhalation.
Det Ch Insp Stephen Jennings, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "I need to find this person to understand what they were doing in the area at that time as part of my work to establish who was responsible for Vilson's death."
Vilson Meshi was found at about 17:00 GMT on 27 February
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