India, March 9 -- A 15-year-old girl and a 42-year-old man were found dead in an isolated area in Kerala's Kasaragod district on Sunday, three weeks after they went missing, police said.

They were purportedly in a relationship and are suspected to have died by suicide.

"They were found hanging around 11 am Sunday on a tree in a part of the forest near the girl's home in Paivalike panchayat. Since the bodies are highly decomposed, the deaths are reported to have taken place many days ago," said an officer at the Kumbla police station.

"The inquest of the bodies has been completed. The autopsy will take place at the Pariyaram Medical College hospital," the officer said.

While the girl was a student of Class 10, the man earned a liveliho...