3 Marines Found Dead Inside Car at North Carolina Gas Station
Three Marines were found dead on Sunday inside a car parked at a gas station in Hampstead, N.C., the authorities said, prompting an investigation into the causes of their deaths after no weapons, illegal drugs or evidence of an attack were found.
The authorities were still determining on Tuesday night where the Marines had been going and whether carbon monoxide poisoning might have played a role in the deaths. Autopsy results were expected to be released by Wednesday evening.
“It seemed like it was more like an accidental death,” Sgt. Chester Ward of the Pender County Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday.
The Marines, who were motor vehicle operators stationed at the military base Camp Lejeune, did not appear to have died by suicide, the sergeant said.
Source: The New York Times
