Police have confirmed they are treating the suspicious death of a woman in Clifton and the death of a Bathurst man as a possible murder-suicide.

"Looks that way," said RCMP Sgt. Alain Tremblay.

The body of Tanya Couture, 38, was discovered in her home on Route 11 shortly after 11 a.m. on Monday.

Earlier that same day, Bathurst police received a 911 call from a house about 20 minutes away. Inside a basement apartment there, officers found the body of Jason Scott, 27, who died of an apparent suicide.

The two victims were known to one another, said Tremblay.

“At this time RCMP investigators do not believe anyone else was involved in their deaths,” he said.

The body of Tanya Couture, 38, was discovered in her Clifton home on Monday. (Matthew Bingley/CBC)

Something in Scott's possession lead police to investigate Couture's home in neighbouring Clifton, said Tremblay, declining to elaborate.

Scott did not live in the apartment where his body was found, but was known to the woman who lived there, he said.

"He was with the woman at the time," Tremblay said. "We still have some people to talk to and she's been met by investigators. But we still have more interviews to do."

Autopsies will be performed in Saint John to confirm the cause of death in both cases. The results are expected by Wednesday morning, Tremblay said.

The investigation continues.

Neighbour upset

Myra Good said she will miss her neighbour, Tanya Couture. (CBC)

Myra Good, who lives across the street from Couture's house, told CBC News she saw something strange when she looked out her window on Sunday night.

"I seen a car, which I presumed was hers. It backed out in front of the garage, it stopped. Then it [drove] out the driveway really fast. And up the road, just like it, I don't know how to explain it, but it wasn't her way of driving her car," said Good.

Still, it wasn't until police arrived the next morning that she realized anything was wrong.

"It was kind of surprising to see all the other vehicles coming with their dogs. And you know doing their work to see I suppose for footprints. It seemed kind of strange and it touches your heart when it's so close to your own home," she said.

Although Good didn't know Couture very well, it's still upsetting, she said.

"It's very hard," she said. "You've got a quivering in your chest. You get a feeling of loss. A friend, a neighbour. We don't normally expect those things to happen."