Posted on 09/29/2014 5:30:55 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Another son of the couple found the bodies on Saturday night, the Springville Department of Public Safety said.
Preliminary autopsy results have ruled out any sort of violent assault.
"The Medical Examiner has indicated that the next step is to continue the investigation through analysis of blood samples to determine what may have caused the deaths," the Springville DPS said.
All five bodies were found in one bedroom of a duplex, CNN affiliate KUTV reported.
Firefighters entered the home wearing special equipment to test for carbon monoxide, but there was no indication of a buildup of the odorless poisonous, gas, Springville Police Lt. Dave Caron said.
The family had three pets -- a kitten, a full grown cat and a ferret -- who all survived, he said.
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Their pets are alive which would indicate it’s something they ate or drank. Perhaps poisoning over a long period of time..
Carbon monoxide was my first thought.
Hmmmm....
Five in one room. I say foul play. Murder suicide.
Mushrooms?
Would the animals have survived if it was carbon monoxide poisoning?
Thanks for posting this article.
It will be interesting to see what the investigators manage to turn up.
Quite a mystery at this point.
Mushrooms?
Some people pick wild poisonous mushrooms and eat them and they tastye fine then all fo a sudden, BAM, they are dead...
[ Five in one room. I say foul play. Murder suicide. ]
Did the comet pick them up?
Toxic Shell? (Taco Bell). Almost killed me twice.
The salmon mousse!!!
Did they let bird-dog out for a weekend furlough?
Where was Jim McMahon ?
Animals made it.
I’m guessing grandpas beans...
Carbon Monoxide is slightly less dense than air, so it does not particularly “rise or fall” in air, but diffuses within air. If some time has passed, it is not unusual to find dead animals or people, but with just trace amounts of CO remaining in the air.
Poisonings are so common in Utah, that it has been nicknamed “Mormon suicide”. Often, a car is caught in a snowstorm and its occupants light charcoal briquettes to keep warm. They are found a few days later, dead of CO, with extinguished briquettes in their burner, and their bodies frozen. Only trace amounts of the gas remain in their car, though.
Did they drink the Kool Aid?
People in snow country, do not fire briquettes in their cars. Cite just one instance, of such an event.
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