Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said the identities of the two people, as well as the manner and cause of their deaths, are pending further investigation, but the deaths currently are considered suspicious.
Two Sonoma County men were driving through Lake County from the Lake Barryessa area on Morgan Valley Road when they stopped for a break, about six miles east of Lower Lake, Bauman said.
When they got out of their vehicle at a turnout, the two discovered what appeared to be two bodies lying at the bottom of an embankment. Bauman said the two men immediately went to the Lower Lake Fire Station and reported what they found.
Sheriff's deputies responded to the fire station at around 2:30 p.m. to meet the two men and after being briefed on what they had found, they were led to the turnout outside of town, according to Bauman.
Upon arrival, deputies confirmed the bodies of an adult male and an adult female lying in the brush, approximately 20 feet down an embankment from the turnout, Bauman said.
He added that the bodies appeared to have been there for at least several weeks.
Detectives with the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit, along with a mobile command post and other support personnel, were called out and have been processing the scene since Thursday afternoon, according to Bauman.
He said autopsies are expected to be scheduled for early next week.
Sheriff's officials are making no other information about the case available at this time, Bauman added.
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