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Body With Grim Reaper Tattoo Found In Montgomery County Creek Body With Grim Reaper Tattoo Found In Montgomery County Creek
Body With Grim Reaper Tattoo Found In Montgomery County Creek Authorities are hoping to identify the man who they say died by homicide in a Montgomery County creek. The gruesome discovery was made at Seneca Creek around 5:40 p.m. Sunday, July 9, when someone spotted a body in the creek near Black Rock Road and Seneca Creek Trail, Montgomery County police said. The Chief Medical Examiner, who determined the manner of death to be a homicide. The unidentified man has several distinctive tattoos that authorities are hoping may help in his identification, two of which are the Grim Reaper holding a handgun, and chain links with what appears to be a cross u…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drug Dealer Accused Of Selling Fentanyl That Led To Christmas Day OD In Silver Spring Drug Dealer Accused Of Selling Fentanyl That Led To Christmas Day OD In Silver Spring
Drug Dealer Accused Of Selling Fentanyl That Led To Christmas Day OD In Silver Spring A real-life Grinch who allegedly sold the fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose in Montgomery County on Christmas Day is being held behind bars after being busted this week. Junior Salvador Alvarez Paz, 22, of Silver Spring, has been arrested and charged for selling the drugs that led to an overdose the morning of Sunday, Dec. 25 last year. It is alleged that on the morning of his victim’s death, Alvarez Paz arranged a meet, where he allegedly sold the drugs to him before he died, according to police. The cause of death was later determined by the Chief Medical Examiner to be caused by fent…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Found Beaten To Death In Park Blocks From White House Man Found Beaten To Death In Park Blocks From White House
Man Found Beaten To Death In Park Blocks From White House Officials say that a Secret Service officer found a man beaten to death - possibly with a metal pipe - in a park near the White House after being flagged down by a jogger who found the body on Wednesday morning. Secret Service members and the Metropolitan Police Department were called to Ellipse Park shortly before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4, when a jogger saw a man he believed could be in need of medical attention. When the officer went to check on the man, he found that he was already dead, launching an extensive investigation. Alert: MPD, @SecretService, @usparkpolicepio are on-sce…

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by Zak Failla
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Truck Barrels Into 2 Men In Fatal Late Night Highway Crash In Fairfax County: Police Truck Barrels Into 2 Men In Fatal Late Night Highway Crash In Fairfax County: Police
Truck Barrels Into 2 Men In Fatal Late Night Highway Crash In Fairfax County: Police Two people were killed in a late night highway car crash in Fairfax County, authorities said. Police responded to the crash in the westbound lanes of I-495 near Exit 176 just after 11 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, Virginia State Police said.  Initial investigation showed that a male driver and driver got out of their Toyota Corolla that had stopped in the center of the lane.  Soon after, a Ford Ranger struck the vehicle and two males, according to police. Another vehicle struck one of the males later on as well.  Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Their bodies were tak…

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by David Cifarelli