3 bodies found in basement of Detroit home, police say

Detroit police discovered three our bodies in a house in southwest Detroit on Wednesday, Feb. 18, whereas responding to a lacking individuals report, the division mentioned.

Police initially responded to a house close to the 3100 block of South Edsel Road for a lacking individuals report simply earlier than 1 p.m. and contacted the caller, Cmdr. Rebecca McKay mentioned in an on-scene video supplied by the division.

However after making contact, one other particular person approached officers and mentioned, “They’d been attacked at a close-by dwelling,” McKay mentioned.

So police went to that home, the place police finally discovered the three our bodies of males of their 50s, believed to have been brutally crushed to dying, McKay mentioned, however the our bodies had not been absolutely examined as of three p.m.

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The commander mentioned on the scene Wednesday that the investigation continues to be in its early phases — detectives do not but understand how lengthy the our bodies had been within the basement, who they’re, or if the deaths are linked to the lacking individuals report.

Andrea Sahouri covers legal justice for the Detroit Free Press. Contact her at asahouri@freepress.com.