Authorities investigating after 3 bodies are found outside Caldwell farmhouse
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CALDWELL — A police officer sent to check on the welfare of three people living in a southwestern Idaho home found three bodies hidden on the property in an apparent homicide.
Investigators haven’t yet identified the three people, according to the Spokesman-Review, and it’s not yet clear how they died.
The bodies were found around 11 a.m. Monday at the farmhouse on the outskirts of Caldwell. A family member asked for the welfare check because the occupants of the home had not been seen for some time.
The deputy who responded found the bodies after he started looking around the property, according to Canyon County Chief Deputy Marv Dashiell.
“Three dead bodies lying side by side is kind of an indicator to us that something is wrong with the scene,” he said.
The remains were partially covered, as if someone had tried to hide them, Canyon County sheriff’s spokesman Joe Decker told the Associated Press.
The three had likely been dead at least three days based on their state of decomposition, Dashiell said. Their genders and ages were not yet known, and investigators had not yet determined if the bodies belonged to the people who were living at the home.