Tuesday, October 8, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Vernon Parish Sheriff’s deputies joined a member of the Anacoco Police Department in conducting a routine wellness check that had been called in by a family member.  The officers arrived at the residence near Hornbeck and could not get anyone to answer the door.

Officers entered the residence where they discovered the bodies of two women, apparent homicide victims.  The deceased were identified by authorities as 86-year-old Ruth Holt and her 64-year-old daughter, Fredda Pierce.  Their bodies have been turned over to the Vernon Parish Coroner’s office to determine the cause of their deaths.

No arrests have been made, and this investigation is ongoing.  Authorities do not believe there is any danger to the neighborhood where the bodies were discovered.