Homicide detectives have launched a suspicious death investigation after two females were found dead at an apartment complex in Whitby on Wednesday afternoon.
Durham Regional Police confirm that officers responded to a residence on Hickory Street South, in the Dundas Street East and Brock Street South area, at around 4 p.m.
Homicide and forensic investigators are currently on the scene and are leading the investigation, police said.
The age of the victims was not immediately provided. The circumstances surrounding their deaths were also not immediately clear.
A source told CTV Toronto that the two bodies belong to a mother and daughter, and that the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide. Police have not confirmed that information but said they are treating the deaths as "suspicious in nature."
The source also tells CTV Toronto that the mother was ordered to report to court to hand the girl over to her father today. When she did not appear in court, police went to her apartment on the fifth floor and discovered the bodies.
No one has been taken into custody at this time.
Keeley Murphy, a resident of the building where the pair was found, told CP24 the mother was a quiet woman who kept to herself, and the girl, aged 6 or 7, played with many of the other children who lived in the building.
Murphy said she kept her own children from staying at her home on Friday night, so that she would not have to explain to them what had happened.
According to a news release issued Wednesday evening, an autopsy will be scheduled for the deceased and results are expected to be released sometime this weekend.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Horrocks at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 5418.
