" target="_blank"> A man and a woman were found dead inside a home on Turbak Drive in Punta Gorda.
Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell provided an update on the investigation in a video posted on CCSO's Facebook .
According to Prummell, one of the deceased was Rhonda Pope, a woman who was reported missing after her family in Wisconsin raised concerns.
Pope's family said they hadn't heard from her since Hurricane Milton and CCSO began a missing person investigation on Wednesday, Oct. 16.
According to Prummell, Pope, who lived at the home, and her boyfriend Scott Taylor were found dead on Thursday evening.
Only residents have been allowed to go in or out of the neighborhood since the death investigation started.
Prummell said Taylor's cause of death appears to be self-inflicted, while Pope's is undetermined due to the state of decomposition.
The sheriff said this is an ongoing investigation.
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