PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- Two men and a woman have been found dead in Palmdale in an incident that authorities are investigating as a triple murder.
Shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, deputies conducted a welfare check at a home in the 1100 block of Avenue N-12 after a woman said she went to pick up her brother for a birthday dinner and he was nowhere to be found, said Lt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
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Authorities discovered three deceased individuals -- the woman's father, who was in his 80s, along with another man and a woman in their 50s.
"Although the victims match the description of the persons who are known to reside at the location, a positive identification of the victims is pending," the sheriff's department said in a Sunday statement.
Investigators said the men and woman "suffered some trauma to their bodies," adding that coroner's officials would determine the exact cause of death.
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No one was in custody in the case, and a description of a suspect was not available.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.