The two are said to have been related (Picture: Google)

The bodies of a 17-year-old girl and a 42-year-old woman have been discovered in what police say are ‘unexplained’ deaths.

The pair are said to have been related to each other.

They were found at a property on the outskirts of the New Forest National Park in Hampshire.

Police were called to an address in Shorefield Road, Downton around 2pm on Thursday, it was revealed today.

The deaths are being treated as ‘unexplained but not suspicious’.

An investigation into the case has been launched by Hampshire Constabulary.

A spokesman for the force said: ‘We were called just after 1.45pm on Thursday December 29 to a report of the bodies of a 17-year-old girl and 42-year-old woman having been found at an address in Shorefield Road, Downton.

‘The deaths are being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious.

‘Their family has been informed and a file will be prepared for the coroner.’

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Police are treating the deaths as ‘unexplained’.