Thursday May 22nd, 2025 12:49AM

Police: Morehouse student didn't die in car's trunk

By The Associated Press
<p>A Morehouse College student found dead in the trunk of his car was likely killed before his body was stuffed into the trunk, authorities said.</p><p>Carlnell Walker's body was found at his home Saturday.</p><p>"Lack of blood in the car was a clear indication that he was dead when his body was placed in the trunk," Clayton County assistant police Chief Jeff Turner said.</p><p>Authorities still have not determined the cause of death. Walker, 23, had been stabbed in his left side, but Turner said the injury was not what killed him.</p><p>Calling the death an apparent homicide, police found blood on Walker's living room floor and clumps of dreadlocks that had either been cut or pulled from his head. Police were sent to the home Saturday at the request of Walker's mother, who said she had not heard from him in more than two weeks.</p><p>Police have not identified any suspects or a motive.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x1cd9b94)</p>
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