The bodies of two young half-sisters were found buried inside suitcases on Monday in Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood. Authorities are working to identify them, with one girl believed to be between 8 and 13 years old, and the other between 10 and 14.
Key Takeaways
The bodies of two young half-sisters were found buried in suitcases on the east side of Cleveland. Authorities are working to identify them and determine the cause of death.
- Bodies discovered by a dog walker near Ginn Academy
- Girls believed to be between ages 8-13 and 10-14
- No active missing persons cases match the victims
- Cause of death and time of burial still unknown
According to police, a dog walker discovered the bodies after his dog alerted him to a partially buried suitcase near East 162nd Street and Midland Avenue. The area is close to Ginn Academy, an all-boys public high school as reported by CBS News.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed through preliminary DNA relationship testing that the two girls were half-sisters. Cleveland Police Chief Dorothy Todd described the situation as a "terrible, tragic incident" during a Tuesday news conference.
The circumstances of their deaths remain unclear, and there are no active missing persons cases in the area that match the victims according to CNN. The bodies had been buried for some time but not recently.
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