Sorry if this has been duplicated. How awful. My guess is CO2 poisoning as well [emoji22]
Iowa family of four that went missing in Mexico found dead - Fox Newshttps://apple.news/As8hG0dXJT3uioskT38yyGQ
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This article cites "publications" on Facebook from relatives claiming they already know the cause, FWIW
"Although the causes are still unknown, relatives in the United States indicated that it was not a murder, but a carbon monoxide poisoning."
Getting challenged by my memory of chemistry but carbon monoxide is CO (one oxygen) and CO2 is carbon dioxide (two oxygen)
CO is what the sensors pickup.CO2 is by just breathing.(and other)
BTW I failed organic chemistry.
I'm leaning with the above poster on pesticides or cleaning compounds.
Is carbon monoxide poisoning common in tropical climates ? I always thought it was more common in places with very cold winters. And that's why the advice to always leave a bedroom window a tiny bit open ? What would have caused this in such a hot climate ?
Having been to Tulum, I can say that many of the condos and resort properties rely on generators for power, which makes me wonder if it may in fact have been CO poisoning. Very sad.
Not sure on the tropical climate thing. but I've never heard the advice of leaving a window open. Maybe way back when. But now the advice is to have a carbon monoxide detector on every level of the home. I am very cautious about this because years ago, we had a neighbor who was found dead due to carbon monoxide leak.
Has anyone looked up what the temperatures were in Tulum that day, evening, night?
I realize this family is from Iowa and probably wouldn't be quick to turn on the furnace or a space heater if temperatures were only mildly cool, but sometimes coastal areas get cold at night. Is it possible they had a space heater running or some type of gas-powered heat source?