Yorktown Couple Found Dead In Home With 125 Cats

YORKTOWN, NY — A Yorktown couple was found dead in their home Monday after a welfare check was conducted by police.

The Yorktown Police Department said officers were sent around 9 p.m. Monday to a Cordial Road address to check on the couple at the request of a family member.

Law enforcement forced their way into the home and found the bodies of a man and a woman.

Yorktown police said they were unable to investigate further at the time because there were a huge number of cats inside the house.

On Tuesday morning, members of the SPCA Westchester removed about 100 cats from the home.

Once the cats were out, Yorktown police detectives assisted the Westchester County Police Department Forensic Unit and the Westchester County Medical Examiner.

Police Chief Robert Noble said, collectively, the agencies determined that the deaths do not appear to be the result of foul play. However, any death not of natural causes is inherently suspicious, he said.

The investigation remains open, Noble said, and the department will wait for the cause of death to be determined by the county medical examiner.

If anyone has information that may be useful to the investigation, they should call the Yorktown detective division at 914-962-3856.

The names of the couple are not being released at this time, police said.

Thirty to 50 cats are still living in the home, police said, because local shelters are at capacity and the residence is the safest place for them

The cats are being fed and given water by volunteers, according to authorities.