DHAKA: Police in Chicago of United States found six people dead inside a single home in the city's Gage Park on Thursday afternoon.

The investigation is still in its infancy and authorities said they don't know much just yet, reports the CNN.

But it appears they discovered a grisly scene: The bodies showed signs of trauma and were found in different places throughout a single-family brick bungalow, interim police Superintendent John Escalante said.

One of them belonged to a child, probably between 10 and 12 years old.

"This is going to be an investigation that's going to take some time," Escalante said at a news conference in front of the house. "We haven't ruled out anything at this point."

Despite the macabre discovery, Escalante says police don't believe neighbors should be worried. Authorities are adding additional patrols in the area as a precaution, however.

Detectives in the neighborhood and crime lab personnel are working to identify those killed, but Escalante acknowledged it is "very probable that this is all the same family inside."

"There is a very real possibility that this is something all internal that was contained within the residence," he said.

Still, many in the working-class community in southwest Chicago are shocked.

"Everybody is just pretty much upset and scared," Markita Williams, who lives next door to the house where the bodies were discovered, told CNN over the phone.

"It's just one of those things I can't explain. Good family, good kids," she said. "I just don't know."

BDST: 1359 HRS, Feb 05, 2016
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