Police are investigating after two people were found dead inside a home in Estill County.

It happened Saturday afternoon at a home on Hood Avenue, off Kentucky 52 in Irvine. Police say they were called to the home for a welfare check and found a man and woman dead.

Estill County Coroner Anthony Murphy identified the victims as Barbara Williams, 68, and Charles Williams, 71.

Irvine Police Chief Brad Smith said Sunday that preliminary information suggests that it was a murder/suicide.

Neighbors say they saw police surrounding the home when they arrived.

"I thought maybe someone had a heart attack or something, but then when the police showed up and surrounded the house, I figured it was something [worse]," neighbor Douglas Riggsby said. "[I'm] definitely going to pray for the family and hopefully everybody gets through it. [I] hope they figure out exactly what happened."

Police say the bodies are being taken to the medical examiner's office in Frankfort for an autopsy.