Two Suspicious Deaths Possibly Linked In Escondido

ESCONDIDO, CA – The bodies of two women whose suspicious deaths were believed to be related were found Thursday in the Escondido area, one in a burned-out SUV and the other in a home a few miles away, authorities reported.

Firefighters extinguishing a blaze that engulfed a vehicle parked near the intersection of Country Club and Kauana Loa drives in the unincorporated Harmony Grove area shortly before 4:30 a.m. discovered a body inside it, sheriff's Lt. Karla Menzies said.

Detectives investigating the fatality traced the gutted SUV to a residence about 2 1/2 miles to the east, in the 500 block of West 11th Street, near South Centre City Parkway, according to the Escondido Police Department. Inside the home, the body of a second woman was discovered about 6:30 a.m., EPD Sgt. Mike Graesser said.

The names of the deceased were not immediately available, and their causes of death were unclear.

The two fatalities were believed to be connected in some way, Graesser said. He declined to elaborate.

Homicide detectives were called in to investigate the deaths.

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