Pierce County deputies find person dead in trunk of vehicle at Graham auto yard

A person was found dead Tuesday inside the trunk of a vehicle in an auto yard in Graham, Pierce County deputies said.

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department deputies were assisting with an investigation in the 21400 block of Meridian Avenue East when they started looking through a vehicle and discovered a body, department spokesperson Sgt. Darren Moss said.

The person has not been identified. Moss said deputies called for detectives to respond after they found the body. Detectives and forensic investigators were on the scene.

Further details were not immediately available. Moss said deputies needed to obtain a search warrant to continue looking through the vehicle.

This story was originally published December 21, 2021 at 12:39 PM.

Peter Talbot

The News Tribune

Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription