INDIANAPOLIS -- Two women found dead inside a burned vehicle early Saturday morning were killed by gunshot wounds to the head, according to the Marion County Coroner’s Office.
The women – identified Tuesday as Martina Webb, 24, and Aliyah Igartua, 21, both of Gary – were discovered inside a burning vehicle shortly after midnight Saturday in the 1600 block of North Goodlet Avenue.
Firefighters discovered their bodies after extinguishing the fire, which had fully engulfed the vehicle.
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Police have not said what, if any, motive or suspect information they may have in the case.
The women’s deaths were part of a rash of violence across Indianapolis over a three-day period that left a total of six people dead.
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All but one of those deaths – the accidental shooting of 15-year-old Eugene Dobbins – are being treated as criminal homicides.
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