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Authorities have identified the two women who were found dead of gunshot wounds in a house on LaPlatte Street in Butte on Saturday.

They are Barbara Cunningham, 64, and Charlotte White, 57, according to Coroner Lee LaBreche.

Police said a note at the scene indicated they had planned to die together.

The women had not been seen in several days, and when police went to the house shortly after 1 p.m. and gained entry, they discovered that both women who lived there were deceased, Sheriff Ed Lester said in a new release early Saturday night.

“Investigation at the scene revealed that both women died as a result of gunshot wounds,” Lester said in the news release. “ A 9mm handgun was recovered at the scene.

“There is no evidence to indicate that anyone else is involved in the deaths,” he said. “We are continuing to investigate this matter in an effort to determine the sequence of events that led to this unfortunate incident.”

Lester told The Montana Standard that a co-worker of one of the women called police Saturday and said that the woman had not shown up for work in recent days. He would not elaborate on what the note said and said further details would have to wait.

The remains of both women have been transported to the Montana State Crime Lab by Butte-Silver Bow Coroner Lee LaBreche.

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