For second time this week, CMPD investigates body found at McAlpine Creek Park
Police found two people dead in a Charlotte creek on Wednesday.
Responding to “a welfare call for service” in the 8700 block of Monroe Road, officers found the body of a female in a creek bed, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release Wednesday night.
Police said they found a second person dead about 200 yards upstream. CMPD did not specify whether the second person was male or female. Names of the people found had not been released as of Thursday morning.
It’s the second time this week officers say they’ve found someone dead in the area of McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte. Earlier, police say a person walking in the park Sunday afternoon discovered the body of 55-year-old Van Thien Huynh. Detectives say Huynh was murdered and they’ve made an arrest.
On Wednesday, police say a call came in around 5:40 p.m. that lead them to find two other people dead. There’s no indication that the cases are related.
“Homicide detectives are working with the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine a cause of death,” according to the CMPD release.
“Once the Medical Examiner’s Office has reviewed all evidence related to the case, CMPD will provide an update with the cause and/or manner of (each) victim’s death,” police said in the release.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 704-432-8477 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
This story was originally published March 4, 2020 at 10:29 PM.