PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Two adults and a juvenile were found dead on Thursday when officers were called to a home in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg section for a wellness check.
According to police, officers responded to a home in the 4000 block of Ashburner Street at about 12:53 p.m.
When police arrived, they found three bodies. Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected as the cause of death, police said.
Police said the victims were a 56-year-old man, a 47-year-old woman and a 12-year-old girl.
Investigators said high levels of carbon monoxide were found when officials entered the home.
A fourth person was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Police said the family was last heard from on Monday.
“I’m destroyed, I’m hurt, I’m hurt because he’s such an amazing friend. Just a good person,” said Katrina Orama.
Orama knew the man who died at the home. She worked with him at Springfield Township High School.
She hadn’t seen him since Friday.
“He was talking about, telling me his daughter’s birthday was on Saturday, and they were going to throw a birthday party. He had to leave early because he had to pick up the birthday cake,” she said.
Orama had been calling and texting him since Monday with no answer.
Fire officials confirmed that the request for a wellness check came from the school where the man worked.
The investigation is ongoing and the source of the carbon monoxide is unknown.
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