Dallas Family Found Dead in Home, High Levels of Carbon Monoxide Detected

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DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas County Medical Examiner will determine the exact cause of death of three people in a Southeast Dallas home Wednesday night.

Police found the family after being called for a welfare check at their home in the 7000 block of Rose Bud Drive just after 7:30 p.m.

The Dallas Fire Rescue’s Jason Evans said it’s possible they succumbed to a carbon monoxide leak.

“It’s an invisible, odorless, colorless gas that is created basically from incomplete combustion of such fuels as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane oils and methane gas,” he said.

The victims were an elderly couple in their 80’s and their 65-year-old daughter.

One of their neighbors said she was a friend of the family and told WFAA TV she’s in a state of disbelief.

“We were all in the kitchen yesterday…she, her daughter and her husband…and now this,” she said.

The source of the gas leak has not been identified but police believe the rest of the neighborhood is not in danger.

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