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The skeletons of five people were found inside a dilapidated house in Karnatakas Chitradurga on Thursday night, with police suspecting the deaths may have taken place in 2019 and triggering questions among investigators and neighbours about how all members of family may have died without anyone noticing.T)..
While the cause of the deaths was yet to be ascertained, police officers said that had not ruled out suicide, with preliminary investigation suggesting that the bodies may have been lying undetected, inside the house for nearly five years..
When we inquired with neighbours, they said that nobody other than Krishna Reddy would step out of the house to make daily purchases till the middle of 2019, the SP said, adding that the family kept to itself, and rarely interacted with others. ..
Household items, including a calendar from 2019 and the last paid electricity bill, found at the spot led police to believe that all five died in 2019, though the exact date and cause of death, they added, will only emerge after forensic examinations..
Speaking to reporters in Tumkuri, Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara said, There is a report that five skeletons have been found in a house the police are already at work and samples have been sent to a forensic lab..
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