INDIANAPOLIS — Detectives are investigating after a person with "trauma" was found dead in a home on the near north side of Indianapolis on Saturday, police said.
According to IMPD, a man was found dead around 4:45 p.m. inside a home on the 3300 block of Graceland Avenue, which is two blocks east of Crown Hill Cemetery and near West 33rd Street.
Police said the man had traumatic injuries that didn't appear self-inflicted. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 47-year-old Craig Whitfield.
Homicide detectives are investigating the man's death. They're asking residents in the area to review their doorbell cameras and any other cameras around their homes for suspicious activity between 3 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.
Just hours before, around 1:15 p.m., a man who had been shot was found dead between two apartment buildings at the Lake Castleton Apartments, near 75th Street and Shadeland Avenue, on the northeast side of Indianapolis.
Police said the man had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Marion County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 25-year-old Sean McNellye.
Here's who you can reach out to if you have information about either homicide:
Graceland Avenue: Call Det. Jose Torres at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Jose.Torres@indy.gov.
Lake Castleton Apartments: Call Det. Brad Nuetzman at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or email him at Brad.Nuetzman@indy.gov.
To make an anonymous tip about either case, call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477 or (TIPS) to remain anonymous.