Three found dead in house in Idaho; Amber Alert issued for two

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Three people were found slain in a home, and an Amber Alert was issued Tuesday for two children who live there, authorities said.

The dead were a woman believed to be the missing children's mother, a teenager believed to be children's older brother and an unidentified adult male, sheriffs Capt. Ben Wolfinger said.

Authorities were called about 6:15 p.m. Monday by a neighbor who reported "suspicious circumstances" at the house on a bay of Lake Coeur d'Alene, Wolfinger said.

The bodies bore obvious signs of injury, but the cause of death remained undetermined, he said. "They're treating it as an obvious homicide," Wolfinger said.

An Amber Alert was issued for 8-year-old Shasta Groene and her 9- year-old brother, Dillon Groene. The children live at the house with their mother, the sheriffs office said.

Wolfinger said the mother and father of the children are divorced. Investigators have talked with the father, and he is not considered a suspect or person of interest.

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