A man and woman were found dead this afternoon in a south Sacramento home and authorities are investigating the deaths as suspicious, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department reported.
Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Jason Ramos said that deputies were called out to a home on Malt Court near Power Inn and Gerber Road after the woman's employer had notified authorities that the woman had not shown up to work today.
When deputies arrived, no one responded to knocks on the door, Ramos said. He added that neighbors told deputies that a car had been at the house unmoved for several days and that a porch light had been on for several days.
Deputies forced their way into the home. In one upstairs room, they found a dead female, believed to be in her late 30s or early 40s, with signs of trauma, Ramos said. In another upstairs room, they found a dead male, believed to be in his late 40s or early 50s, also with signs of trauma.
The names of the deceased were not released. Ramos said the man has not been identified, so the relationship between the man and the woman is undetermined. He also said that even though the deaths are being treated as homicides, it is not know whether is was a double homicide or a murder-suicide.
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