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Rapid City, South Dakota (AP)
A decade after eight homeless men turned up dead along Rapid Creek, it’s still unclear what happened to them, and authorities don’t agree on whether the deaths were accidents or homicides.
The first two bodies were found in May 1998, and six more were discovered in a little more than a year. Investigators aren’t sure if foul play was involved in any of the deaths or whether the men – all of whom lived along the creek – simply drank too much alcohol, passed out and fell into the water. Blood-alcohol levels showed all but one of the men had been drinking heavily just before they died.
A decade after eight homeless men turned up dead along Rapid Creek, it’s still unclear what happened to them, and authorities don’t agree on whether the deaths were accidents or homicides.
The first two bodies were found in May 1998, and six more were discovered in a little more than a year. Investigators aren’t sure if foul play was involved in any of the deaths or whether the men – all of whom lived along the creek – simply drank too much alcohol, passed out and fell into the water. Blood-alcohol levels showed all but one of the men had been drinking heavily just before they died.
