Bodies of mother, daughters found in closet

Police in the US are investigating after a neighbour found a 29-year-old woman and her two young daughters dead inside their home near Miami.

Miami-Dade detective Roy Rutland told The Miami Herald newspaper the neighbour smelled an odour on Tuesday and went inside the house to find its source. There, she found Gladys Machado in a closet. Machado's daughters, four-year-old Daniela Patrino and eight-year-old Julia Padrino, were next to her.

Police say the woman's six-year-old son was safe with his grandmother.

Friends and family members — including the children's father — gathered outside the home Tuesday as police continued their investigation. Neighbors told the newspaper that Machado lived with a boyfriend who had recently been released from jail.

Police have not released the manner of death. No further details were immediately available.
 

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