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Two Dead from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Yukon Coroner Confirms By John Kennedy The two Marsh Lake residents hadn t been heard from since December 16th.
The Yukon Coroner s Service has confirmed the deaths of two long-time Marsh Lake area residents.
Shortly before 4 pm on Saturday, December 19th, the Coroner s Service was notified of a double fatality in the marsh lake area, where RCMP officers were conducting a wellness check on two residents that had not been seen or heard from since December 16th.
76-year-old Percy Andrews and 74-year-old Jo-Anne Smith were found dead in an enclosed shed, where a generator had been running nearby.
Government officials are investigating the deaths of two people in the Marsh Lake area on Saturday.
“Shortly before 4 p.m. on December 19, 2020, Yukon Coroner’s Service was notified of a double fatality in the Marsh Lake area,” says a statement from the Department of Justice on behalf of the Yukon Coroner’s Service.
“Whitehorse RCMP had been called to do a wellness check at a home on Duke Arm. The residents had not been seen or heard from since the afternoon of December 16.”
The release states the bodies of 76-year-old Percy Andrews and 74-year old Jo-Anne Smith were found in a temporary enclosed shed near to where a generator had been running.