Texas Couple Found Dead Of Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

An East Texas couple found dead in their home Tuesday were apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/12/18/4494525/east-texas-couple-found-dead-carbon.html

The victims, Cynthia Pettigrew, 50, and Johnathan Lydia, who was about to celebrate his 49th birthday, had a gasoline-powered generator running inside their house in Tyler, Texas, according to authorities.

Tyler police responded to the scene about 3 p.m. after a family member found the two bodies, according to the Star-Telegram. The relative had not heard from the pair “in days,” the paper reported.