Authorities ID 1 of 2 women found dead in Atlanta home

ATLANTA — Detectives are looking for evidence in the case of two women found dead inside a northwest Atlanta home.

Police were first called to the abandoned home on Madrona Street around 1:30 p.m. Friday. They found a body in a back room covered in a sheet. When they finished processing the first homicide scene and started searching the house, they discovered a second body in a bedroom closet. Police confirmed the door had been nailed shut.

One of the bodies was identified as that of 33-year-old Heather Camp, of Canton, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner.

Saturday police brought a cadaver dog to the scene to make sure there weren't any more bodies hidden on the property.

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"We're pretty confident to say that after our search we haven't located any additional victims," said Atlanta Police Lt. Charles Hampton.

Neighbors fear the case might be related to a missing woman named Nicole Sartell.

Sartell, a woman who used to come by the home frequently, hasn't been seen in months. Neighbors said she's been missing since mid-August.

"I put out posters on her with a reward with anybody that knows her whereabouts and we never had heard anything," said neighbor Charles Freeman.

Police are still checking their files, and until the medical examiner completes autopsies and makes a positive identification, they won't know for sure who the women are.

"I wish I knew for sure if it was (Sartell) because it would ease my heart. She was like my daughter and I loved her very much," Freeman said.

So far, police say they've identified suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths, which they are treating as a double homicide.

Channel 2 Action News asked detectives how the bodies could go unnoticed for such a long time.

"The body (found inside the closet) was badly decomposed, but the house, in general, was not in good order. There appears to be people living in the house. There's no running water or electricity, so it looks like they might be squatting in the house," said Atlanta Police Capt. Paul Guerrucci.

Neighbors Larry Powers and Linda Powers said there are never any lights on and people constantly go in and out. They told Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes the activity they see at the home is dangerous to the community.

“Unfortunately there's a lot of wrong activity over there and the door won't lock,” said Larry Powers. “It's basically easy for people to come in and out.”

Police are trying to confirm the victims' identities by Saturday.

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