HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Two women found dead Monday at a house in west Harris County are believed to be mother and daughter, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted.
Gonzalez said the women were found during a welfare check at a house on Gingham Check Court, which is in a neighborhood off North Fry Road just south of Kieth Harrow Boulevard.
Investigators said they were called to the house around 4:30 p.m. by concerned family members who said they hadn't spoken to the 60-year-old mother and 37-year-old daughter in two days.
The family members said the women weren't answering the phone and also weren't answering the door when they knocked.
When investigators showed up, they forced their way inside and found both women dead in the same upstairs room.
It's unclear what killed them, authorities said, but there was a history of drug abuse and pills were found in the room.
Authorities said there were no signs of forced entry, any sort of struggle or theft. They said the house did not look like it had been ransacked.
The women lived at the house alone, according to authorities.
Investigators said they're working to find out more about the women and they don't think anyone else was at the house when they died.