Two Northwest High School students from Jackson Township are dead after what police believe was a weekend murder suicide, or possibly a double-suicide.

The two students, a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were found by the male victim's cousin in a wooded area in the Township Friday evening, around 8:30.

The Northwest Local School District Superintendent Dr. Mike Shreffler says counsellors are on hand on campuses today, adding that social media is not the place to go when looking for an accurate account of what happened.

The students' names haven't been released; the investigation is ongoing.