Authorities remain tightlipped about the deaths of two brothers were reported missing earlier this week from Cullman County.

Braxton Thomas, 30, and Rico Tannehill, 28, were last seen Sunday in the Haleyville area. They were found dead Wednesday in Winston County.

The Winston County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday night said Thomas and Tannehill were found dead in a vehicle in a wooded area off County Road 17.

No other details have been released, including the cause of death or whether foul play is suspected.

A statement by the Winston County Sheriff’s Office said it “offers the families of the deceased our deepest condolences and prayers as they mourn the loss of their loved ones.”

Repeated calls to the sheriff’s office and the Winston County Coroner’s Office have not been returned.

In an earlier interview, Samantha Creighton, Thomas’s wife, said she last saw her husband when she went to bed about 11 p.m. Sunday. Tannehill lived with them in Cullman County.

When she woke up about 7 a.m. Monday, they were gone.

“It was very unusual that he would up and leave in the middle of the night and not tell me because he tells me everything,’’ she said.

Creighton and Thomas have two kids together, and Thomas has raised Creighton’s four older children as his own. The oldest is 20 and the youngest is 7.

She said she called their 18-year-old son and asked him if Thomas was at home when he left for work. The son said he was not and that he assumed his father had gone out to get breakfast.

Creighton started calling and texting her husband, but to no avail.

Then, she said, both Thomas’s and Tannehill’s phones stopped ringing at all.

“It’s horrific,’’ she said. “It’s devastating.”

Authorities said the investigation is ongoing.