Two Bodies Found Near Meijer Store Spark Community Concern

Police reports are coming out that two bodies have been discovered outside of a Meijer store on separate occasions this week.

Police are currently investigating the situation when on two separate occasions, the bodies of two deceased people were discovered outside the Meijer located off Tittabawassee Road in Kochville Township outside Saginaw.

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A quarter into a report from ABC 12 news, neither of the incidents was a result of a crime, but it is coincidental, as one of the cases was a result of a death that happened quite some time ago.

The First Discovery

The Saginaw County Sheriff's Office says an elderly man died inside his car in the parking lot on March 6 and a witness reported finding his body on March 8. Investigators say a shopper found the 81-year-old man unresponsive and slumped between the front and back seats of his car around 7:50 p.m. on March 8.

The Second Discovery

Days later, a man walking his dog outdoors while his wife shopped inside the Meijer on March 11 found a human skull under a bushy area. The sheriff's office found the rest of a skeleton beneath a makeshift shelter nearby. The victim apparently found a tree that had fallen over a fence behind the store and converted it into a primitive shelter. Investigators believe the victim had been living in there for a while.

It is unfortunate that these deaths occurred, but the fact that the police don't believe either was a crime is relieving, knowing these occurrences were merely coincidences.