Second person charged with murder after teen found dead in Darwin driveway
A second man has been arrested and charged with murder after a teenager was found dead in a Darwin driveway.
The 17-year-old was arrested yesterday by detectives from Strike Force Trident and the Dog Operations Unit.
The arrest came the same day a 20-year-old man with charged with murder.
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An 18-year-old man was found dead in a Palmerston driveway. 9News
The body was found on a vacant property. 9News
The body of an 18-year-old was found in the driveway of a vacant Palmerston property early Saturday morning.
It was neighbours who made the discovery and alerted police, who said he was found bleeding from the head and is believed to have died between midnight and when he was found.
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Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Morrissey said the victim had head trauma. 9News
"An initial examination of the deceased identified head trauma and the death was treated as suspicious," Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Morrissey said.
A neighbour told 9News they heard a commotion on Friday night before the 18-year-old's body was found.
"I woke up to the area taped off and someone unresponsive across the road," Hamish Burslem said.
Investigations into the teen's death are continuing.
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