Body of missing 15-year-old found in Detroit cemetery in suspected homicide
Lawrence Dowl's remains were found by someone visiting the final resting place of a loved one at Mt. Hazel Cemetery on Thursday, two days after the teen was last seen getting into a car, WDIV reported.
'The individual who we located inside of the cemetery was wearing gloves and what we believe to be some kind of ski mask,' Captain Marcus Thirlkill of Detroit's homicide division told the outlet..
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'We are very early in the investigation into this matter but at this time we are investigating this case as a homicide,' he added.
3 The teenager's body was reported to police by a person visiting a loved one at the cemetery.
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3 Lawrence was last seen on Tuesday and reported missing on Wednesday.
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3 Lawrence Dowl's aunt said he was last seen getting into a car.
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Authorities have not released any additional details.
The teenager had last been seen on Tuesday when he entered a white Dodge Durango in the area, family members told Fox 2 Detroit. He left his phone at home, making ot impossible to track him.
'We were told by a friend or supposed to be a friend, the person who was driving the car, that they dropped him and another boy off in this area and they took off walking,' she told Fox 2.
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He was reported missing on Wednesday, sparking a wide search from the Detroit Police Department and Michigan State Police.
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