Three Marines found dead near North Carolina coast, military says. Mystery continues Read more at:

[barbtries]

Source: The News and Observer

Three U.S. Marines were found dead near the North Carolina coast, sparking a mystery, officials told news outlets.

The Pender County Sheriff’s Office said it received a report of a missing person and started investigating early Sunday, July 23. That’s when deputies found three bodies in a car at a gas station.

Deputies reported making the discovery in Hampstead, near popular beach destinations and roughly 30 miles southwest of the Camp Lejeune military base.

The 2nd Marine Logistics Group told WCTI the military members who died were identified as:
19-year-old Lance Cpl. Tanner Kaltenberg of Madison, Wisconsin
23-year-old Lance Cpl. Merax Dockery of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
23-year-old Lance Cpl. Ivan Garcia of Naples, Florida

Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article277665203.html#storylink=cpy

Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article277665203.html

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This sounds like it could be a case of unintentional fentanyl poisoning. I want to know what happened to these Marines.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. AUTOPSY: Camp Lejeune Marines died from carbon monoxide poisoning

AUTOPSY: Camp Lejeune Marines died from carbon monoxide poisoning

https://www.witn.com/2023/07/26/autopsy-results-expected-this-afternoon-three-camp-lejeune-marines-found-dead/

PENDER COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Deputies in Pender County say it looks like three Marines found dead in a car this past weekend died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Lance Corporal Tanner Kaltenberg, 19, from Madison, Wisconsin, Lance Corporal Merax Dockery, 23, from Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, and Lance Corporal Ivan Garcia, 23, from Naples, Florida were found in a car parked at a Speedway convenience store on U.S. 17 in Hampstead early Sunday.

All three were motor vehicle operators with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group at Camp Lejeune.

Deputies say one of the mothers called them saying her son did not arrive on a flight home to Oklahoma the night before. She told deputies that a supervisor in her son’s unit said someone was en route to the convenience store to see if they could locate the Marine.

[llashram]

2. fell asleep

didn't know there was leakage into the car?

[Major Nikon]

4. It wouldn't have to be leakage. A partially cracked window and very little wind could do it

But it is fairly common for exhaust systems to crack and develop leaks. Piston aircraft typically are heated by directing ventilation air across the muffler and CO2 poisoning is fairly common. I have the muffler on my plane inspected every year and still use a CO2 detector in the cabin during the winter months.

[barbtries]

6. omigawd.

that's hinky though to me. It's hot - did they stop to sleep and kept the car running for the AC? I don't know, it's crazy. I hope a full investigation is conducted and the full circumstances can be made public. Three people in that car. i don't know. tragic no matter how you slice it.

Under these circumstances I would not be surprised if toxicology is still pending.

[swong19104]

3. I don't think

we can handle the TRUTH!!!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. LOL.

Nice play on words from A Few Good Men.

[mahina]

5. Nightmare. 💔💔💔