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Police blocking Farnam Drive and Orange Street in East Rock Park.
Three dead bodies were found in two separate locations in New Haven Monday.
A jogger alerted police after discovering the first body early Monday morning near the banks of the Mill River, near East Rock Road and Farnam Drive.
Taped-off trail head at Farnam and Orange.
Assistant Police Chief Karl Jacobson Monday afternoon called the death “suspicious.” Further details are being withheld for now.
At 12:06 p.m. police were called to Jack’s Bar & Steakhouse at the corner of College and Crown streets.
The bodies of two men were found inside a supply closet inside the restaurant.
Police blocking Crown Street and Orange Street downtown.
Jacobson said the two men, estimated to have been in their mid-50s, appeared to have died of a drug overdose.
Police encountered a third man at the entrance to the restaurant who was also suffering from an apparent overdose, Jacobson said. That man was taken to the hospital.
Jacobson said he doesn’t know if the overdoses resulted from a bad batch of drugs, or simply from the effects of regular drug use.
Both investigations are continuing. None of the people involved have been publicly identified.
My condolences to the loved ones of the deceased. I hope that the circumstances are resolved as soon as possible for the ease of mind of the loved ones of the deceased.