Pair likely died of carbon monoxide
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 11 months AGO
BILLINGS (AP) — Yellowstone County officials say it appears a mother and daughter who were found dead in their home died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Coroner Bill Jones says they are awaiting results of blood tests, but Police Capt. John Bedford says carbon monoxide levels in the house were extremely high when the bodies were found Wednesday.
The victims were identified Thursday as 33-year-old Jessica Hicks and 14-year-old Alexis Nicholson.
Bedford says carbon monoxide appears to have come from an on-demand hot water heater that was improperly vented into the crawl space instead of outside.
The unit turned on when Hicks ran water for a shower. Officers say her body was found in the bathroom while Alexis collapsed at the top of the stairs coming up from the basement. Assistant coroner Chad Fehr says the family dog also died.
MORE IMPORTED STORIES
2 dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning
Columbia Basin Herald | Updated 7 years, 3 months ago
Highway hit-and-run leads to grisly discovery at car wash
Daily Inter-Lake | Updated 11 years, 7 months ago
ARTICLES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Latest: US helped family escape Afghanistan overland
WASHINGTON — The United States is confirming for the first time that it has helped a U.S. citizen and family members to escape Afghanistan through an overland route to a neighboring country.
The Latest: US helped family escape Afghanistan overland
WASHINGTON — The United States is confirming for the first time that it has helped a U.S. citizen and family members to escape Afghanistan through an overland route to a neighboring country.
The Latest: Top Republican says Taliban holding Americans
WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says some Americans who have been trying to get out of Afghanistan since the U.S. military left are sitting in airplanes at an airport ready to leave but the Taliban are not letting them take off.