Bachelor party en route to Kentucky Derby discovers dead body in rented RV

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last updated 8 January 2015

Worst. Bachelor party. Ever.

A group of men thought renting a recreational vehicle and roadtripping from the Twin Cities to the Kentucky Derby would be a great way to celebrate groom-to-be Dan Trainor's upcoming nuptials (and credit to the planners, because in theory that does sound pretty awesome).

The celebrants did not even make it out of Minnesota, though, before they noticed a "hint of death," reported the Star Tribune. The RV's owner had apparently cautioned some of the men against opening two exterior compartments, but as the traveling party stopped to pick up the last celebrants, one who had not received the message opened the door and spotted a body. Feet bare, the body "didn't look fresh. Let's put it that way," Jake Wanek told the Tribune.

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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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