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Three people have been found dead inside a home in Ohio after police responded to a call reporting an unwanted guest, prompting a major law enforcement response.
The bodies were discovered at a property in North Royalton, a suburb of Cleveland, on Tuesday evening, with investigators now working to establish what happened.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner arrived at the property at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The three people were subsequently identified by the examiner as 71-year-old Emilia Ciortan, 71-year-old Sorin Ciortan and 71-year-old Stefan Pascu.
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Newsweek contacted North Royalton Police, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office on Wednesday via email for comment.
Officers Find Two Dead Before Calling In Specialist Backup
Police were called to the home on Tuesday after receiving a report of an unwanted guest shortly before 8 p.m. However, when officers arrived and entered the property, they made a disturbing discovery.
Two people were already dead inside the house, according to the North Royalton Police Department.
Officers subsequently spotted a vehicle believed to belong to the unwanted guest parked in the driveway, prompting them to withdraw from the residence and request additional support.
The Southwest Enforcement Bureau (SEB) was then called to the scene. SEB officers entered the property, where they discovered a third person dead.
SEB is a regional, multi-agency SWAT team serving police departments in southwest Cuyahoga County.
It includes specially trained tactical officers, hostage negotiators and bomb technicians. It is called upon to handle potentially dangerous situations, including barricaded suspects and hostage incidents.
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Investigation Continues
Circumstances surrounding the deaths remain unclear, including what prompted the original call for help and whether the unwanted guest was responsible for the other two deaths.
Investigators were still processing the scene on Wednesday morning. The property, located in the 8900 block of Tiffany Drive, showed visible signs of damage, with several windows shattered and the front door damaged and hanging from its hinges.
Neighbors also reported hearing a commotion on Tuesday night.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) is assisting North Royalton police with the investigation. BCI is part of the Ohio Attorney General's Office. It acts as the state's crime lab and provides forensic services, crime-scene processing and specialist investigative support to local police departments.
Authorities have confirmed that there is no ongoing threat to the public as investigators continue working to establish the circumstances surrounding the three deaths.
Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Ben Kelly and Cristina Diciu.
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