Maggot-infested bodies of an elderly couple and their specially abled daughter were found in their village home in Wada taluka, Palghar district on Saturday. All the three bodies were fully decomposed, and bore injury marks on their head and chest, said Palghar police.

The horrific scene was discovered by the deceased senior citizens’ son, Pankaj Rathod, a resident of Vasai. The couple’s other son lives in Rajkot, Gujarat. Pankaj had gone to the house in Neharoli village to investigate why his parents had stopped picking up his calls a fortnight ago. “Pankaj said he last spoke to his father on August 17. Since then his calls had not able to get through to them,” said a police officer privy to the investigation.