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A police officer in forensic suits walks inside a police cordon by a truck found to contain 39 dead bodies at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, Oct. 23, 2019. The vehicle is believed to have come from Bulgaria. (Photo/Agencies)
British police launched one of the country’s biggest ever murder investigations on Wednesday after 39 bodies were found inside a tractor-trailer at an industrial park in southeast England. The bodies - 38 adults and one teenager - were found at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, about 25 miles east of central London.
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Police secure the area surrounding the truck after 39 bodies were found inside a lorry container on the industrial estate, Oct. 23, 2019. (Photo/Agencies)
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Police officers in forensic suits walk inside a police cordon by a truck found to contain 39 dead bodies at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, on Wednesday. The vehicle is believed to have come from Bulgaria.
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Police activity at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, after 39 bodies were found inside a lorry container on the industrial estate, Oct. 23, 2019. (Photo/Agencies)
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A lorry, believed to have originated from Bulgaria, and found to be containing 39 dead bodies, is pictured inside a Police cordon at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, on 23 October 2019.(Photo/Agencies)