3 Marines Found Dead Inside Car Parked at North Carolina Gas Station: 'Tragic Loss'

Camp Lejeune.Photo:AP Photo/Allen G. Breed

AP Photo/Allen G. Breed

Three men found dead Sunday at a gas station in North Carolina have been identified as Marine lance corporals stationed about 30 miles from Camp Lejeune.

The Pender County Sheriff’s Office said in astatementthat the men were found dead around 9 a.m. inside “a vehicle located at the Speedway convenience store in Hampstead, North Carolina.” The discovery came after a report of a missing person was filed, the sheriff’s office said.

Before the autopsies were completed, their cause of death was not immediately known. Sgt. Chester Ward of the Pender County Sheriff’s Office previously told theAssociated Pressthat the cause of death “might be something that we don’t see.”

Ward said at the time that no drugs were found in the vehicle and that they “do not suspect any foul play in that matter.” The department added that “there does not appear to have ever been any threat to members of the community.”

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According to the statement, the men were motor vehicle operators with the Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2 and 2nd Marine Logistics Group at Camp Lejeune.

The Pender County Sheriff’s Office and the Marine Corps said an investigation into their deaths is ongoing.

source: people.com