Crime & Safety

3 'Badly Decomposed' Bodies Found In Irvine Home, Possible Murder-Suicide: Report

Local authorities say the event may have been a murder-suicide, and there are "some indications this was a domestic related incident."

IRVINE, CA — The bodies of a mother, father and adult son were found badly decomposed in an Irvine home Wednesday, after local authorities said extended family members called for a welfare check on the home after not being in contact for a year, NBC Los Angeles reported.

When officers with the Irvine Police Department entered a home at 58 Riverboat in Irvine at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, they found "three severely decomposed bodies inside that appeared to be adults," officials told NBC Los Angeles.

Police said a handgun was found inside the home. Officers also said there were no signs of someone entering the home, and there are "some indications this was a domestic related incident."

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