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Two in Missouri duplex dead; carbon monoxide suspected

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FARMINGTON, Mo. | Two people in separate apartments in the same eastern Missouri duplex have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.

The Park Hills Daily Journal reported that the bodies of a 67-year-old woman and 82-year-old man were found Thursday morning in Farmington.

Police Chief Rick Baker said officers found a car in the man's garage with the door shut. The key was in the on position and the car had a dead battery. Baker said it appeared the car had been left running with the garage door shut.

The Fire Department found what it called a lethal amount of carbon monoxide levels in both homes.

Autopsies are planned, and names of the victims have not been released.

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