Two teenagers found safe after boy's guardians found dead in Kentucky, circumstances unclear

Two teenagers found safe after boy's guardians found dead in Kentucky, circumstances unclear

2011-03-23 10:51:42 GMT+7 (ICT)

EDMONTON, KENTUCKY (BNO NEWS) -- Police have safely recovered a boy and a girl after the boy's guardians were found dead in southern Kentucky on Tuesday, state police said on early Wednesday. It remains unclear if they were involved in their deaths.

Kentucky State Police spokesman Billy Gregory said 12-year-old Kyra Shockley and 15-year-old Christopher Endicott were reported missing after Endicott's guardians were found deceased at their residence in Metcalfe County on Tuesday. The victims had been given custody of Endicott in January, but were not related to Shockley.

"We are not sure if it was a double homicide or a homicide-suicide or what it was. That is still kind of up in the air for us right now. We don't have a lot of facts," Gregory said, adding that the cause of death was not yet established. He said their first concern is the well-being of the children.

An Amber Alert was issued for the children soon after the couple was found dead, and a local firefighter later recognized the vehicle being sought in connection with the case. Gregory said the firefighter followed the vehicle until a traffic stop could be made by police, who found the children inside the vehicle. No one else was with them.

The spokesman said Shockley and Endicott were not related to each other, but it remains unclear if they were involved in the deaths. "We are treating them as victims and then we'll see what the investigation reveals but at this point we are looking at every possible scenario," Gregory said.

The spokesman did not know how the children knew each other, but both Shockley and Endicott have profiles on the social networking website MySpace, where Shockley listed her username as "Kyra&Chris", indicating they may be or have been in a relationship. Shockley listed her age as 17, however, while Endicott's age showed 26. The photos on the MySpace pages matched those released by police.

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