Three younger Marines mysteriously discovered lifeless in automotive at fuel station by Camp Lejeune: authorities

Three young US Marines were found dead inside a automotive at a North Carolina fuel station Sunday morning, and authorities are nonetheless attempting to determine how they died.

“There’s nothing to consider it to be foul play or something,” Sgt. Chester Ward of the Pender County Sheriff’s Division instructed ABC affiliate WTVD Information. “We’re ready for an post-mortem report, however we do not know of most likely what occurred.”

Ward mentioned no medicine had been discovered within the automobile. 

The grim discovery occurred when deputies responding to a lacking individual’s report discovered the three lifeless males in a four-door sedan parked outdoors a Speedway comfort retailer in Hampstead, about an hour’s drive from Camp Lejeune.

The our bodies had been discovered round 9 a.m. Sunday, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned on Fb.

The younger Marines had been recognized as Tanner Kaltenberg, 19, of Madison, Wisc.; Merax Cockery, 23, of Pottawatomie, Okla., and Ivan Garcia, 23, of Naples, Fla.

All three had been lance corporals, WTVD reported. 

In an announcement, Brig. Gen. Michael McWilliams, commanding officer of the Second Marine Logistics Group, mentioned, “My deepest sympathy and condolences are prolonged to the household, mates and colleagues” of the lifeless males.

“Our focus is offering the mandatory sources and help to these impacted by their tragic loss as they navigate this extraordinarily tough time,” he mentioned. 

The Marine Corps didn’t reply to a request for remark Tuesday from The Put up.

He added, “Our focus is offering the mandatory sources and help to these impacted by their tragic loss as they navigate this extraordinarily tough time.”

“[The] circumstances surrounding their deaths are at present below investigation,” in line with the Marine Corps.