Two teenage girls who died only hours apart in Richmond and Burnaby were under the care of the Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society.

The society cites privacy legislation in either confirming or denying the girl's identities, or whether they were in group homes or foster care.

A spokesman for Mary Polak, Minister of Children and Families also declined comment citing Privacy Act legislation.

Richmond RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Pound says both girls have been identified but not all of their family members have been tracked down.

"One of the girl’s mothers has not been advised of what has gone on yet, so you can well imagine how she's going to feel if she hears about all of this coming from the media."

That said Pound recognizes there are already over 200 members of a Facebook group identifying the girls as 16 year-old Kayla LaLonde and 17 year old Martha Jackson-Hernandez.

"As far as we stand we just push forward with our investigation. There's lots of information being passed around on Facebook and we would just ask that people contact police. Any information at this point is important. We're dealing with very young girls who have lost their lives so we are investigating diligently and asking everyone who thinks that they may have information to come forward."

LaLonde was found in Burnaby on Rumble Street near Patterson Avenue shortly before 1am Tuesday, while Hernandez died en route to hospital after a 911 call from a home about a youth in medical distress.

Police say Hernandez didn't live at the house where paramedics picked her up and investigators are looking into why she was there.

Pound says a combination of drugs and alcohol may be factors in the deaths.

"We've had a lot of questions about whether there is a bad drug out there but it is really too soon to know. Illegal drugs are illegal for a reason and you never know what could be in them, but it's really too early to know what if any role drugs may have played."

Tests confirming what the girls may have taken may not be back for two weeks.