[DiamondSmiles]

msnbc.com news services
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office broke protocol this week and released the names of two deceased residents without notifying their relatives.

The problem is that officials can't find any relatives of the twin sisters who were found dead inside their South Lake Tahoe home last week.

The bodies of Joan and Patricia Miller, 73, were discovered on Feb. 27, according to the Sheriff's Office. Authorities say they most likely died within a short time of one another of natural causes. They had been dead for several weeks before they were discovered, according to reports.

Sheriff's Department haven't been able to locate the next of kin of the women. Apparently throughout their lives, they always listed each other on all official forms.

Investigators have some facts they gathered from people who knew them in Tahoe and are hoping they lead to family members.

They say the two were born in Portland Oregon, never married and were dependent on one another for their entire lives.

They came from a family who made a living in the entertainment business, including a mother who played piano. Among the items found in the home was a photo of the twins as young girls sitting on Bing Crosby’s lap, according to the LA Times.

Detectives said the twins were also in the entertainment business themselves when they were young. They performed with singer Spade Cooley on "The Hoffman Hayride" show every weekend at the Santa Monica Pier. Their performances were broadcast live on KTLA television in the 1950s.

They also may have a sibling here in the Bay Area and may have other relatives up in Portland.

Anyone with information regarding the Patricia and Joan Miller is asked to contact Detective Matt Harwood at 530-573-3015.

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[Steve]

There is something endearing about twins never marrying and living together all of there lives, some learned scholars are adamant that most twins have a psychic connection and their health can suffer if one of them dies, it may be a load of bollocks but it may be true also, *shrugs.

[DiamondSmiles]

I've heard that as well. They have performed tests with twins separated at birth through and oddly enough, they are pretty much alike if they find each other.

Elvis Presley was a twin. His brother, Jesse, is buried at Graceland with the rest of the family. I've read he had some weird thing with the loss of of a brother who never really knew since Jesse died at birth, or shortly thereafter.

I think it's cool how they feel the same things and can finish each other's sentences so I do believe there is a strong bond between twins and it has to be a terrible loss when one dies.

It is sad the women in this story have no relatives that have been identified yet. Who knows? Perhaps they will now.

I also find it interested that conjoined twins can feel what the other feels. In the movie, "Freaks", one of the twins was kissing her boyfriend and her twin, felt it. They cut it short, but, she definitely felt it.