Kochi, March 10 -- A 15-year-old girl and her 42-year-old neighbour were found dead in Kasaragod district of Kerala on Sunday, three weeks after they went missing, police said, adding that they suspect it to be a case of suicide.

Police said that they found the bodies in a forest near the girl's residence in Paivalike village of the district on Sunday morning. The bodies were recovered during an extensive search operation conducted by the police, which began after the two went missing on February 12.

"The bodies were found around 11am on Sunday in the forest near the girl's house. Since the bodies are highly decomposed, the deaths are reported to have taken place many days ago," an officer at the Kumbla police station said on condition ...