LAS VEGAS -- The Clark County Coroner's office has confirmed the identities of the two people found dead in a house after a 9-year-old boy told officials at a nearby school that his mother and sister were dead.
The coroner said Ignacia Martinez, 38, and 10-year-old Karla Martinez were found dead Monday morning. The coroner has not yet released the official cause of death.
News 3's Marissa Mike is live near Washington Avenue and Rancho where the bodies were found inside a home. And has more information
Right now police are still here piecing together what happened yesterday morning.
We found some pictures of Ignacia Martinez on Facebook. Family members said they cannot believe this happened.
Metro is staying tight-lipped about the incident.
Investigators say they're questioning a man found covered in blood at the home.
Officer Marcus Martin told The Associated Press that police arriving around 9 a.m. Monday found two people dead inside the single-story house in an older, middle class neighborhood about eight miles north of the Las Vegas Strip.
The boy's brother, who is 4 years old, was also inside but he was not hurt.
Martin says the 9-year-old boy told officials at nearby Hoggard Elementary School about the scene at the house.
