• A four foot by seven foot pool of blood and a pair of glasses were found near a retirement community parking lot in Pennsylvania.
  • Police are investigating to find out what happened.
  • So far, they’ve neither confirmed or denied that a crime occurred.

Police and community members in a Pennsylvania county are seeking answers after a large pool of blood and a pair of glasses were found in a parking lot near a retirement center.

Police found four foot by seven foot pool of blood that could be “evidence of a traumatic injury,” said Silver Spring Township Police Department Chief of Police Christopher Raubenstine during a press conference about the discovery. 

He also said there was a smaller, nearby grassy area where a secondary pool of blood was found. Glasses were also found near the scene and they were taken in and are being tested by a crime lab.

The blood was found near the Silver Spring Courtyards retirement community around 7:15 a.m. on Aug. 27 in Cumberland County, Silver Spring Township Police said in a news release on Facebook.

The department contacted the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Forensic Unit, which tested the blood and said it belongs to a human, he said.

“There was no body found, and there were no other signs other than the pair of glasses that you’ve been provided a copy of a little bit further away in the same parking lot,” he said to onlookers at the conference.

Officials think whatever incident caused the injury happened between 11:00 p.m. on Aug. 26 and 7 a.m. Aug. 27. As part of their investigation, authorities have checked with nearby senior care facilities and neighbors for anyone missing or unaccounted for.

“We’re not missing anybody there,” Raubenstine said. “We’ve also gone down the street. It’s a residential neighborhood. We’re not finding anybody there that saw or heard anything at this time, nor is anybody missing.”

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So what did happen?

Raubenstine, the police chief, stressed that officials aren’t sure if a crime has occurred just yet. Someone could’ve fallen off a truck, been hit by a vehicle or hit by an object. Or maybe there was a fight, he said.

“We don’t know that yet, and that’s why we’re reaching out for some assistance to the public,” he said.