Dead Bodies Found In Car, Outside Hotel In Montgomery County

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Police are investigating after two dead bodies were found at separate locations in Montgomery County on Friday morning, according to authorities and a report.

Shortly after 3:15 a.m. Friday, an officer discovered a car stopped at the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Research Boulevard, Montgomery County police said in a news release. Upon further investigation, the officer found a dead person inside the car.

The body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, where an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause and manner of death.

Hours later, police located a second body outside a Sleep Inn Hotel in Rockville, according to an NBC Washington report. It's unclear what happened to the second victim and if they were a guest at the hotel.

The investigations into both deaths are ongoing.