Deputies performing a welfare check on a couple in the Rimrock area of Pioneertown found the couple dead inside their home Thursday. According to Sheriff’s reports, a neighbor called deputies about 2:30 p.m. to ask them to check on a home in the 53200 block of Coyote Road. The neighbor said he went to check on his friends and was unable to get in the home, but all their vehicles were parked out front. Arriving deputies found all the doors and windows locked and had to force entry to get in. Inside they found a 78-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman dead of apparent natural causes. The coroner has not yet released their identities. The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy. Anyone with information should call the Sheriff’s Department at 760-366-4175.
