Two Deaths in New Carrollton Ruled Homicides

Grisly news out of New Carrollton with the deaths of two young men whose bodies were found less than a mile apart late last night near the New Carrollton Metrorail station, police said. The first body was found about 10:45 p.m. Monday on 85th Avenue near not far from the station, with the second being discovered about 45 minutes later at 78th Avenue and Garrison Road, the Associated Press reported this morning. Both men appeared to have suffered some kind of trauma, police said.

The Prince George's County Police Department has ruled both deaths as homicides and is currently investigating the deaths as separate incidents, a spokesman for the department told DCist. Including the two men last night, whose names have not yet been released, there have been eight homicides in Prince George's County since the beginning of the year.

Police officials also said they will be making additional statements about last night's incidents later today.

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By Benjamin R. Freed in News on February 7, 2012 12:30 PM 0 Comments

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Bethesdaist

Two people are dead, and you decide to use a crappy jpeg from the Drudge Report to illustrate the story?

slim_pickens

I did a double-take at that thing.

monkeyrotica

About 45 minutes later, Rodriguez says a second body was found next to a bicycle near 78th Avenue and Garrison Road.

Interesting that DCist chose to leave off that critical piece of information. Fortunately, they couldn't ignore the proximity of these deaths to a major mass transit hub which is only marginally safer than Maryland's roads.