“The circumstances surrounding the death of the two deceased individuals (are considered) to be suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation.”
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza told reporters Thursday that there was no overt trace of a struggle or that anything had been removed from the house, saying,
“There was no obvious sign or indication of foul play.” According to Mendoza, the pair had been dead for a long time.
“Foul play is not suspected as a factor in those deaths at this time,” the sheriff’s office said in its first public comment about the killings.
“The toxicology and the autopsy will be crucial,” Mendoza said during a press briefing on Thursday. He said that the probe is still under progress and would be conducted factually and cautiously.
