Two bodies of two American tourists were found inside a well in northern Mexico after being reported missing, authorities said Monday.
The couple was stabbed during a robbery in the residential area of Playa del Socorro, south of San Quintín, according to police.
The victims were Californian retirees Ian Hirschsohn, 78, and Kathy Harvey, 73
, and their disappearance was reported to authorities on September 2, the Baja California State Attorney General's Office said in a statement.
The next day, investigators searching an unpopulated area south of the Ensenada port found human remains at the bottom of the well.
They were extracted on Friday and Saturday, it is added in the text.
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Baja California prosecutors say the suspect in the couple's murder is a known drug addict.
He entered the couple's home with the intention of robbing them and then used the victims' Toyota Land Cruiser to transport their bodies to a nearby location where the remains were found.
The vehicle was found in Ensenada.
Hirschsohn lived in Solana Beach and his girlfriend, Harvey, lived in the Tierrasanta community of San Diego.
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On the other hand, the Attorney General's Office of the state of Baja California Sur, at the southern tip of the peninsula, said that on Saturday night the body of Craig Harrison, 65, was found on the beach in Cabo Pulmo.
At autopsy it was determined that he was stabbed in the chest before hitting the ocean.
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Harrison, a citizen of South Africa and Canada based in Mexico, has been missing since August 29.
According to his real estate website, he moved to Cabo San Lucas in 1997 after working as an accountant and wine importer in Canada.
He operated a vacation rental home business in Cabo San Lucas.
With information from CBS8, AP and Tijuanapress.