3 Found Dead In Lee County Home

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – Authorities say the bodies of a 13-year-old girl and two adults have been found in a house in rural Lee County.

Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson tells The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/ZUzLdB ) that the bodies were found in the kitchen and living room of the residence in the Belden community.

Johnson says a Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks officer found the bodies and said they were family members.

Johnson says the adults, who own the house, are between the ages of 40 and 60.

Officials are still investigating and are not releasing any other details about the deaths at this time.

Johnson says authorities are notifying family of the victims and the identities should be released later Tuesday.

 

 

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