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San Clemente, California: The decomposed bodies found last week in an oceanside home were identified on Tuesday as three generations of a Turkish family.
Manas Ucar, 58, and his wife Margrit, 48, immigrated from Turkey years ago, and their twin 21-year-old daughters, Margo and Grace, had just completed bachelor degrees in biology.
The fifth victim, the family's maternal grandmother, 72-year-old Fransuhi Kesisoglu was a legal resident, said Lt Erin Giudice, spokeswoman for the Orange County sheriff.
Deputies had visited the home overlooking the Pacific twice in the past two weeks, prompted by calls from a concerned neighbour and worried relatives. But deputies found nothing suspicious, and the callers conceded the family may have taken a vacation.
On Sunday, two brothers forced their way into the house, only to discover the bodies. Giudice said neither homicide nor suicide had been ruled out, but she stressed that the community was not in danger and no suspects were being sought. Autopsies are not yet complete and toxicology results could take up to eight weeks, she said.
Manas and Margrit Ucar were found in a downstairs closet, with two handguns near the bodies. One of the handguns was registered to Margrit Ucar and both husband and wife were shot, Giudice said. The daughters and grandmother were found in the attached bedroom and the twins were in the bed, she said.
Their bodies were too decomposed to identify any gunshot wounds, Giudice said. Because the house was built into a cliff, the bedroom suite where the bodies were found was below ground level, shielded from view and well-insulated, Giudice said.
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