of a gas station in hampstead, north carolina, as you said, not far from camp lejeune. i do want to identify them for you, again, very young. lance corporal tanner j. keltenberg, just 19 years old. lance corporal merax dockery and garcia just 23 years old and all three were motor vehicle operators with the 2nd marine logistics group at camp lejeune. on sunday morning the pender county sheriff s office says it received a missing persons report and it began investigating at that time. that is when they found that privately owned vehicle outside of that gas station and all three of those marines inside of it said that they were decease. they pronounced them dead at the time. according to the sheriff, they are still investigating what may have happened to them, but the sheriff s office did say, it does not appear that there had ever been any threat to other members of the community.
see it as a great, big, government cover up and the word cover-up is used this morning and how you see it is this is more of the same and we ll find out as the day goes on. the most important thing is there are facts and evidence presented which we can all judge for ourselves. tom foreman, great to have you watching this for us. thank you. rahel? this morning deputies in north carolina are trying to find out how three marines died after their bodies were found inside the car in a gas station. the marines were part of the 2nd marine logistics group about 30 miles from where their bodies were found. diane, what more are you learning about this? you know, rahel, right now the pender county north carolina sheriff s office in addition to the u.s. marine corps are still investigating this. they have not revealed a cause. they are still looking into that, what killed these three very young u.s. marines who were found inside a vehicle outside
Authorities say two U.S. Marines were killed and 17 others injured when the 7-ton truck they were riding in overturned near their North Carolina base. The State Highway Patrol said the truck was making a right turn onto a highway Wednesday afternoon when it lost control and overturned.