Investigation Continues Over 3 Marines Found Dead in Car in North Carolina

Sheriff's Office dismisses any suspicions of ‘foul play’

Signage stands on the main gate to Camp Lejeune Marine Base outside Jacksonville, N.C., on April 29, 2022. Three men who were found dead over the weekend at an eastern N.C. gas station have been identified as Marine lance corporals stationed nearby at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps said July 25, 2023. Allen G. Breed/AP Photo

Three men found dead in a car outside of a North Carolina gas station on July 23 have been identified as Marine lance corporals from Camp Lejeune, according to authorities.

The Pender County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies found the three men at 9 a.m. inside a privately-owned vehicle at a Speedway gas station in the coastal community of Hampstead while investigating a missing person report.