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What should I do if I find a bag by the road that I'm concerned it's a dead body? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by turnerpike20@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So I was walking and found this garbage bag that had flys on it and it was tied up. I kicked at it a bit and it did feel like something limp was in there like it was dead. Tried to untie it as well so might have my fingerprints on it. But yeah a car came up and was yeah someone actually concerned for me and he's like I'm going to pray for you man. So that right there just got me to stop looking any further at the bag. But I'm still kinda of interested if I should've said something right then and there. My phone was almost dead anyway. But yeah I was thinking maybe I might find a dead body maybe a part of a dead body. I didn't look any further but it was out of place I felt. Should I report such finds?

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[–] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You're asking a guy who got offended the cops didn't take a random suitcase with clothes and tape as evidence of a non existent case enough to call up a detective who probably just took the time to take the thing to a dumpster somewhere

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The circumstances it was found in were a little different than OPs, like I said the bag appeared overnight. And on private property where there was no road access. Little bit suspicious for a heavy suitcase to wind up in a place like that. The detective agreed. Police aren't just there to make traffic stops. He said there were a few unsolved missing persons cases that police had searched the nearby area for on account of their circumstances. In one case, a wife went missing, and her husband was spotted circling the roads nearby for hours the night she went missing but her body was never found.

I just kept my story brief because I didn't think anyone would be interested. But there was absolutely reason to think it could amount to something. And all I'm saying is if I get murdered, I hope the local cops I initially called aren't on the job cause those guys acted like they wanted to be sitting in their car eating donuts.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but like, what about the duct tape?

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world -1 points 2 months ago

The roll inside the suitcase was what he used to bind her with, and was discarded with the clothes torn off her. He later used a different roll to bind the suitcase.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

“Oh yes, I’m so glad you called me. I’ll just take this down to the evidence locker”

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I guess when you put it that way