The elderly couple was found dead Saturday night in their South Carolina home.Photo:Getty
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An elderly South Carolinacouple was found deadSaturday after authorities entered their home and discovered temperatures on their heater had reached over 1,000 degrees, according to multiple reports.
According to a police report, family members, who hadn’t seen the pair since Jan. 3, called the police to conduct a welfare check at the couple’s Spartanburg home, perCBS affiliate WSPA,The StateandNBC affiliate WYFF.
Although all of the doors were locked, officers were able to get in through an unsecured window, reported WYFF. Once inside, police noted that the home was “extremely hot.”
The pair were found dead inside their bedroom, according to the report.
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According to the police report, family members told police they had been at the home days earlier to help their parents with their heater, reported WYFF.
The family went on to tell police they noticed that the hot water heater’s pilot light was out, per the report. Once they fidgeted with it and it came back on, they left the house.
When a paramedic tried to measure the couple’s temperatures, they exceeded 106 degrees, according to the newspaper and WYFF.
The temperature inside the home was over 120 degrees, according to the police report. After deactivating the heater, “they then measured the temperature of the heater itself and measured it at over 1,000 degrees.”
Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said that the deaths remain under investigation, perThe Stateand WYFF. He said that there is no evidence of foul play, but there is concern about “why the temperature was so high.”
source: people.com
