Police search for additional victims after two bodies found in California
Authorities investigating a missing persons case found two bodies Tuesday in a shallow grave in a remote area of Lancaster, California, according to reports cited by the Los Angeles Times and KTLA. The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department is investigating the discovery as a homicide while officials search for possible additional victims.
Law enforcement officials found two bodies Tuesday in a shallow grave in a remote area of Lancaster, California, while investigating a missing persons case, according to reports cited by the Los Angeles Times and KTLA.
Lancaster is described in the reports as a small city about 70 miles north of Los Angeles. The discovery was made in an area identified as remote, but the supplied reports do not provide further details about the location.
The sheriff’s department investigating the discovery is treating the deaths as a homicide. Authorities have released little information about the identities of the two people found or the circumstances of their deaths.
Officials are searching for possible additional victims as the investigation continues. The supplied reports do not state whether any arrests have been made or provide further information about the missing persons case.
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