Crime & Safety
Grisly Discovery: 3 Bodies Found In SUV
Police are investigating the deaths of three people found in an SUV parked in Burbank as a homicide.
BURBANK, CA — Three bodies were found Tuesday inside a parked SUV in Burbank, and the deaths were being investigated as homicides.
Burbank police responded to a parking enforcement call around 7 a.m. about the Jeep SUV parked in the 1300 block of South Varney Street.
"A Burbank police parking control officer arrived and noticed at least one individual inside of a parked vehicle who appeared deceased," according to Burbank police Sgt. Derek Green.
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Paramedics responded and pronounced three victims dead. Reports from the scene indicated that all three victims were men and that the Jeep had Tennessee license plates.
"This is definitely suspicious and we believe foul play is involved, so it's being treated as a homicide at this time," Green told City News Service.
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He said the Burbank Police Department "is aware of information circulating online regarding missing individuals from the Bakersfield area. At this time, identifications of the deceased have not been made."
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