Bodies of two Cleveland girls found stuffed inside suitcases and buried in shallow graves

4 Mar 2026 • 4:45 PM MYT
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  • The bodies of two Black girls were discovered in suitcases, buried in shallow graves on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Police were alerted on Monday evening by a local resident walking their dog, who found what appeared to be a body inside a suitcase in a field near a school.
  • Officers subsequently located a second shallow grave containing another suitcase with a body; police confirmed the bodies were not dismembered.
  • The girls are estimated to be between 8-and-a-half to 13 years old and 10-and-a-half and 14 years old, but have not yet been identified, and no local missing children reports match their descriptions.
  • The cause and time of death remain unknown, and while federal authorities are assisting, no suspects have been identified in what police describe as a "terrible, horrific situation."

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