Chilling map shows site where two missing teen girls, 15 and 17, were found dead as eerie position of bodies revealed

TWO teens were found dead over the weekend just feet away from each other and eerily close to the Arizona group home where they were living. 

Sitlalli Avelar, 17, and Kamryn Meyers, 15, were found dead in a water retention basin near Superstitions Springs Center in Mesa on Saturday night, according to authorities. 

Prior to their death, they were living at a group home operated by Powerhouse Youth Facility – less than a mile from where their bodies were found.  

Their cause of death has not been released, however, police suspect foul play. 

The girls were found by a dog walker, who told police he had thought one body was a mannequin, according to officials. 

After calling 911, the second body was found approximately 10 yards - 30 feet - away.

Police say the bodies appear to have been in the water for some time before they were found.

Avelar and Meyers were reportedly listed as runaways from the group home on January 7, according to AZ Family. 

They both have a history of leaving group homes, Brad Miller, an attorney for Powerhouse Youth Facility, told the outlet. 

Miller claimed the two girls were overheard talking about leaving the home on January 6 and that staff attempted to convince them to stay. 

However, Miller said the girls still left the following day. 

As it is a state-run facility, the staff cannot by law force any children to stay. 

The attorney also claimed that the group home staff notified local authorities and met with police on January 10 when the teens did not return. 

Mesa Police Det. Richard Encinas told Fox10 that the department is taking the investigation “extremely seriously.” 

"Most of us have children, most of us have teenagers, around that age so we definitely feel the effects of that,” he said.

"What happened? I mean, that’s our number one goal, to figure out what occurred," he continued. 

"Our detectives have not stopped working on this case since Saturday.”

While the medical examiner’s report could take some time, Encinas insisted it will not delay the investigation. 

“We don’t wait on a medical examiner's report to kind of guide us in a direction," he said.

"Our investigators have been going nonstop at this since it happened."

Encinas later confirmed with The US Sun that authorities are working to build a timeline leading up to the two girls' deaths.

However, he warned that they may not get a full picture until the medical examiner's report is released.