Investigators wait outside a home, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Battle Creek, Mich., where police say two people have died but their 5-month-old son survived after carbon monoxide apparently filled the house from a generator and portable heater. (Trace Christenson/Battle Creek Enquirer via AP)
January 24, 2019 - 3:49 PM
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Police have identified the couple who died after carbon monoxide apparently filled a house from a generator and portable heater while their 5-month-old son survived.
Battle Creek Det. Sgt. Todd Elliott said Thursday that 20-year-old Brandon Bull of Bronson and 19-year-old Cylie Jo Canniff of Coldwater had been using a gas-powered generator to operate a kerosene heater inside the house.
The house did not have electricity, heat or water. Elliott says the couple was helping a contractor remodel the home but was not supposed to be staying in the house at night. The contractor found them Wednesday.
Elliott says the couple spent the night on an air mattress with the child. He says the boy was taken to a Kalamazoo hospital for treatment and is recovering.
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