UPDATE JANUARY 24, 2022:
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a furnace was the source of carbon monoxide that killed seven members of an immigrant family from Honduras living in Minnesota. Police in Moorhead have said blood samples from the victims showed a lethal level of carbon monoxide, but further testing was needed to determine whether the source was the furnace or a van parked in an attached garage. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has found that the poison gas could not have come from a combustion engine. Investigators found a carbon monoxide detector in the garage had been replaced with a smoke-only detector. Technicians initially found no defect in the furnace that would have sent carbon monoxide into the home.
UPDATE DECEMBER 20, 2021:
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show seven people whose bodies were discovered inside a Minnesota home did not die from “any obvious trauma.” Police say all seven victims, including three minors, lived at the residence in south Moorhead. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office in St. Paul conducted the autopsies but did not determine a cause of death. Police say blood samples from the victims have been sent to a lab for further examination. The victims were found just before 8 p.m. Saturday by family members conducting a welfare check. Moorhead is on the Minnesota border next to Fargo, North Dakota.
ORIGINAL STORY DECEMBER 20, 2021:
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of seven people were discovered inside a twin home in a northwestern Minnesota city but did not say how they died. Police said the victims included four adults and three children. They were found just before 8 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 18, 2021) by family members conducting a welfare check at the home in Moorhead. Those family members called police. There were no signs of violence or forced entry into the residence, police said. Authorities are not actively seeking any suspects. The bodies were taken to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office in St. Paul, where autopsies will be conducted.
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