Bodies of 3 men found in basement of southwest Detroit home

Police discovered the bodies of three men in a southwest Detroit home on Wednesday.

Officers responded to a missing persons report in the 3100 block of South Edsel Street at about 12:50 p.m., Detroit police Cmdr. Rebecca McKay said in a video provided by the department.

At the scene, an person unrelated to the initial missing persons report approached police and told officers they had been assaulted inside a nearby home, McKay said.

Police entered that home, where they found the bodies of three men, about age 50 or older, in the basement, McKay said. It appeared they had been “brutally assaulted” at the home, she said.

Police vehicles parked on Edsel Street, along with a Michigan State Police crime scene vehicle. Police tape marked off the scene.

Several people stood nearby, watching authorities at the scene, but declined to comment. 

None of the bodies have been identified, police said, and it wasn’t immediately clear whether any were the subject of the initial missing persons report.

Authorities haven’t released further details; the incident remains under investigation.

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