Hours after the body of a girl was found in a South Florida canal, a second preteen girl was found dead in the same waterway, police say; both girls were around 10 to 12 years old.
Hours after the body of a girl was found in a South Florida canal, a second preteen girl was found dead in the same waterway, police said.The first child was found just after noon, and the second was found around 8:45 p.m., Lauderhill Police Lt. Mike Santiago said."We can't determine at this point if they're related, because it's just, the juvenile was just found," Santiago said Tuesday evening at a news confrence.
Residents said they may have seen the first girl in the neighborhood in the past, and police determined that another female may have been with her. But it was unknown if there was another person, and if so if that is the child also found Tuesday. Police treat all death investigations as homicides until they are determined otherwise, he said.
"It’s a serious thing. We have two juvenile females found deceased in the water,” Santiago said. He said detectives were continuing to talk to witnesses and"trying to find surveillance cameras anywhere they can." Santiago said there are surveillance cameras in the area, but he did not know if one or both of the girls were seen on footage.Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.
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