The bodies of four people were found Monday in a home that was for sale in an upscale neighborhood in this suburb east of Seattle, police said.

The identities of the four people and the manner in which they died were not immediately determined, Lt. Bill Ferguson said. The victims appeared to be of Asian descent, he said.

The bodies were found in a house occupied by a family of four - a mother, a father and two young adults, originally from Hong Kong.

The victims were found by a real estate agent at the home in the neighborhood between Forrest Drive and Coal Creek Parkway.

The case is being investigated as a homicide.

“There are some signs of violence,” Ferguson said Monday night. No weapon had been found and there was no sign of a break-in.

In January, a family of four - parents and two daughters, ages 17 and 20 - were slain in Bellevue. Three of the victims were found in the family home. The 20-year-old daughter was found in a nearby public park.

Two 17-year-old boys have been charged with four counts of aggravated first-degree murder.

In 1994, a family of three - parents and a 20-year-old daughter - were bludgeoned to death in their Bellevue home.

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