Real Estate Agent Finds 1 Dead Inside Foreclosed Home, Police Find Another

An investigation was underway today into the deaths of two people whose bodies were found inside a recently foreclosed residence in Homeland, authorities said.

A real estate employee called 911 around 11:10 a.m. Friday after going to check on the home in the 25000 block of Pierson Road and finding a body inside, said Sgt. Walter Mendez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Central Homicide Unit.

Deputies from the sheriff's Perris Station responded and confirmed there were two dead people inside the home, Mendez said.

The deaths were being treated as suspicious and were under investigation by the sheriff's Central Homicide Unit, he said.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call sheriff's investigators at (951) 955-2777. All tips can be made anonymously. --City News Service