3 Marines discovered lifeless inside automobile at fuel station close to Camp Lejeune
Three U.S. Marines had been found dead inside a parked car at a gas station in a coastal North Carolina group over the weekend, authorities stated.
The Pender County Sheriff’s Workplace stated deputies had been responding to a report of a lacking particular person once they discovered the three Marines at about 9 a.m. Sunday at a Speedway comfort retailer on U.S. 17 in Hampstead, about 30 miles south of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
The lads had been unresponsive once they had been present in a privately owned automobile and medical authorities pronounced all of them lifeless the identical day.
Their causes of dying weren’t instantly clear. Sgt. Chester Ward of the Pender County Sheriff’s Workplace instructed the Related Press that the division had obtained a lacking particular person report for one of many three Marines.
No medicine had been discovered within the car and Ward stated the division doesn’t “suspect something so far as foul play in that matter.”
“There doesn’t seem to have ever been any menace to members of the group,” the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s workplace stated it was investigating additional and is ready on post-mortem outcomes to find out the causes of dying.
The U.S. Marine Corps recognized the three males as Marine Corps Lance Corporal Tanner J. Kaltenberg, 19, from Madison, Wisconsin; Marine Corps Lance Corporal Merax C. Dockery, 23, from Pottawatomie, Oklahoma; and Marine Corps Lance Corporal Ivan R. Garcia, 23, from Naples, Florida.
The lads had been motorized vehicle operators with the Fight Logistics Battalion 2, Fight Logistics Regiment 2 and 2nd Marine Logistics Group at Camp Lejeune, in line with First Lt. Raymond Fullbright, of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group.
“My deepest sympathy and condolences are prolonged to (their) household, pals, and colleagues,” stated Brig. Gen. Michael E. McWilliams, commanding basic of 2nd Marine Logistics Group. “Our focus is offering the mandatory sources and help to these impacted by their tragic loss as they navigate this extraordinarily tough time.”
The 2nd Marine Logistics Group is aiding native authorities and the Naval Felony Investigative Service.
Contributing: Related Press