Local Police force officers went to the address following a call from the town council’s social services. The municipal authorities were alerted after not hearing anything from the family for a few days.From what the investigation has gathered so far, both died of natural causes. The main hypothesis is that the man died first and then his mother, being dependent on him, died of starvation

The pair, who were of British origin, had already been under the social services’ radar and had been visited by the Local Police on a few occasions, as the mother was in poor health.

Upon their arrival, the police officers knocked on the door a few times, but there was no answer. They entered the house, where they found the two corpses, which showed no signs of violence. The investigation’s hypothesis is that the son died first, followed by his mother, who died of starvation.

The municipal services had intervened a few days earlier, when an ambulance was called to the house to assist the terminally ill woman. Given her condition before the incident, it is difficult to determine who died first.

After the Guardia Civil carried out a visual inspection at the scene, the two bodies were transferred to Malaga. The autopsies, which began on Friday, are pending further studies.