IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — A third dead body was found after a "suspicious" fire tore through a home in Iredell County on Tuesday, according to the Iredell County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office said the fire on Loram Drive in Troutman was reported around 9 p.m. Tuesday night, and firefighters from the Troutman Fire Department and other agencies spent the night tackling the flames. According to officials, an adult son left his home on Loram Drive in Troutman and went to his grandmother's home in Mooresville at 9 p.m. That's when the fire department received the first 911 call.
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Investigators from the sheriff's office said three people were known to be living at the home. The sheriff's office noted a domestic situation had unfolded a few hours earlier, which resulted in the aforementioned son leaving the house.
After the first was extinguished, officials discovered the first two human remains. On Thursday, they announced a third body had been found in the home.
The cause of death has not been determined for the victims. Autopsies were scheduled to identify the three victims.
The sheriff's office said they found evidence believed to be connected to the deaths. They said the source of the fire was found, but did not elaborate on what the exactly caused it.
The deaths and cause of the fire are being treated as suspicious.