Police say the teen suspect in the slayings of a Belleville, Ont., mother and daughter has appeared in court via video link.

Sgt. Kristine Rae says 18-year-old Dean Brown appeared Saturday morning, and was formally charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.

He was remanded into custody and will appear again in a Belleville court Monday.

A 46-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter were found dead Friday at their family home in the small eastern Ontario community of Mountain View.

The victims have been identified as Tracy Hannah and her daughter Whitney, and post mortems are scheduled for Monday at the coroner's office in Toronto.

An 18-year-old female family member was airlifted to hospital in Kingston and remains in stable condition.