Police found the bodies of three children and two adults inside a northeast Modesto home Saturday afternoon.
The police department received a call asking officers to make a security check at a single family residence in the 2600 block of Nob Hill Court. Upon entering they found the five bodies, said Heather Graves, a department public information officer.
The deaths are being investigated as homicides but no other information was available. Graves said police had been waiting for a search warrant to re-enter the home and expected to work through the night processing the scene.
Officers have named Martin Martinez, 30, of Modesto as a person of interest.