Deputies discover two dead
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?It?s hard to imagine having two bodies in the same house and it be natural causes,? said sheriff?s chief investigator Herb Rowland, noting the victims? names will not be released until they are positively identified and next of kin notified. That had not happened as of press time last night. ?Once we get inside, we hope to determine what happened.?
At press time, lawmen were awaiting airpacks so they could go inside and begin processing the crime scene. Rowland said the bodies, that of a man and a woman, had apparently been inside the home at 454 Bluff Springs Road for some time, and, given the warm conditions, decomposition had begun.
Deputies were called to the home Saturday by the daughter of who, lawmen believe, is the female victim. The daughter told authorities she had been unable to reach her mother and became worried when she could not get inside the house. Officers found the door locked and were forced to kick open the door. They made the grisly discovery inside and backed out of the house to wait for crime scene investigators.
?Until we get a good look inside, we won?t know about cause of death, whether it was a homicide, murder-suicide or what,? Rowland said, noting the on-scene probe would likely last deep into Saturday evening. ?Right now, anything we said would be speculation.?
The victims will likely be sent for autopsy to establish a positive cause of death, although investigators may be able to get some idea upon closely inspecting the victims.