Florida police are looking for answers after two teenagers were found dead in southwest Palm Bay on Christmas night.
Officers found the bodies of a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old at 8:30 p.m. Sunday after an area resident called 911 to report seeing a body in an isolated area known as “The Compound,” the police said. Palm Bay Police to FOX 35 Orlando. . The area is an undeveloped subdivision.
The identities of the teens were not immediately released. Both were found with gunshot wounds, but police did not say how many.
“Obviously, The Compound has been known for four-wheelers and families going out on four-wheelers. I don’t have an answer as to what the teens were doing here at the moment, especially given the weather,” Palm Bay Police Lt. Michael Roberts said.
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Two teenagers, ages 14 and 16, were found dead in southwest Palm Bay, Florida, on Christmas night in an undeveloped subdivision known as “The Compound.”
(FOX 35 Orlando)
Detectives are asking for the public’s help in solving the crime.
“Due to the size of the Composite and given the sheer volume of 12.2 square miles, it is almost physically impossible to enclose a land mass of that size.”
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The undeveloped subdivision in southwestern Palm Bay known as “The Compound” by locals.
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Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Palm Bay Police Department at 321-952-3456 or Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477).
“All resources available to the Palm Bay Police Department are being used at this time to try to find out motives or any person(s) of interest,” Lt. Roberts added.
