It could be weeks before Falls police know exactly what killed three people in a Caravelle Drive home on Saturday.
Detectives are not releasing the names of the victims, described as two men and a woman, all in their 20s. The trio was discovered on the second floor of the home at 1341 Caravelle Drive at mid-afternoon.
“We received a 911 call at about 2:30 p.m. from an elderly woman who lives at the home,” Detective Capt. Ernest Palmer said. “She had apparently gone to check on the people and discovered the bodies.”
Palmer said the victims had apparently come to the house at
3 a.m. Saturday after a “night out.”
“Two of the bodies were discovered in the bathroom and the third was in the hallway just outside the bathroom,” the captain said.
What caused the apparently simultaneous deaths remains a mystery.
“We have not ruled out foul play,” Palmer said. “But there is nothing to indicate any violence there.”
An autopsy on the three bodies is scheduled for later today. Toxicology tests could take as long as six weeks to be completed.
“One of the victims just finished up a stint in rehab,” Palmer said. “Based on some of the evidence at the scene, there is the possibility this may have been an unintentional drug overdose.”
Palmer declined to elaborate on what physical evidence had been recovered from the home.
Contact reporter Rick Pfeiffer
at 282-2311, ext. 2252.
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UNDER INVESTIGATION: Police investigate the deaths of three people, who were found inside of a home at 1341 Caravelle Drive on Saturday.
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