Three people found dead in a German hotel over the weekend were killed by crossbow wounds to the chest and neck, autopsy results confirmed. In a baffling twist, police said two more bodies were found in one of the dead's apartments.

A 53-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, found Saturday holding hands in a hotel bed, died from crossbow bolts to the heart, and a 30-year-old woman was found on the floor of the room with a bolt to the neck, authorities said.

The BBC reported the group was found by a maid after they had checked into the hotel Friday evening. The dead were identified as Torsten W., 53, and Kerstin E., 33, and Farina C., 30, the BBC said.

News agency dpa reported prosecutors have found evidence suggesting the younger woman shot the other two in the bed then herself.

Wills were also found on a bedside table for the man and woman holding hands, but police wouldn't say what was in them.

The British broadcaster said the group were linked to a jousting league in Belgium and were "medieval combat enthusiasts." Two crossbows were found lying in the hotel room and a third was still in a bag, the BBC reported.

Police were still investigating the three's relationship.

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The hotel in Passau, a city on the Austrian border, is more than 400 miles from the town of Wittingen, where on Monday police said they found two bodies in the 30-year-old woman's apartment.

Authorities were still waiting for autopsy reports on those two bodies. Police said they showed no signs of external injuries.

"The corpses were found because one of the neighbors heard about the reports from Passau and told police that the letter box of the flat was overflowing and that a strange smell was coming from the flat," prosecutor Walter Feiler told reporters Monday, per the BBC.

According to the British broadcaster, all five of the dead were residents in Germany.

Contributing: The Associated Press.

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