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Three Family Members Found Dead in Apartment in Bogota

Three members of a family, including a mother and two adult children, were found dead in an apartment in Kennedy, Bogota.

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Three members of a family were found dead in an apartment in the Kennedy locality of Bogota on Thursday night. [1] Neighbors alerted authorities after noticing the people had been absent from the apartment for several days. [2] The victims were identified as a 67-year-old woman, a 32-year-old woman, and a 44-year-old man. [3] Lieutenant Colonel Julián Felipe Cetina Rodríguez, officer of the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá, said that medications and documents that suggest farewell letters were found at the site. [4] The discovery was made after neighbors, who had not seen the victims for several days, alerted authorities; police and firefighters responded to the scene. [5] The National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences will establish the exact causes of the three deaths, the article states. [6] The documents found at the scene allowed authorities to infer the presence of farewell letters. [7]
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  1. Three members of a family were found dead in an apartment in the Kennedy locality of Bogota on Thursday night. · ELHERALDO.COColombia
  2. Neighbors alerted authorities after noticing the people had been absent from the apartment for several days. · ELHERALDO.COColombia
  3. The victims were identified as a 67-year-old woman, a 32-year-old woman, and a 44-year-old man. · ELHERALDO.COColombia
  4. Lieutenant Colonel Julián Felipe Cetina Rodríguez, officer of the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá, said that medications and documents that suggest farewell letters were found at the site. · Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo
  5. The discovery was made after neighbors, who had not seen the victims for several days, alerted authorities; police and firefighters responded to the scene. · Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo
  6. The National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences will establish the exact causes of the three deaths, the article states. · Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo
  7. The documents found at the scene allowed authorities to infer the presence of farewell letters. · ELHERALDO.COColombia
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