Mystery' of 3 deaths in same hotel room traced: Carbon monoxide!!!and in Texas

In Boone, where the mountain way of speaking to the point can cut as clean as a biting morning wind, restaurateur Austin summed up the attitude of many.

"If you had this happen one time," she said Monday, "why in hell didn't they do something about it?"


Two adults found dead in Denton County residence


Carbon monoxide or propane poisioning is believed to be responsible for the deaths of two adults on Monday, a Denton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said.

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Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly lighter than air. It is toxic to humans and animals when encountered in higher concentrations, although it is also produced in normal animal metabolism in low quantities, and is thought to have some normal biological functions. In the atmosphere it is spatially variable, short lived, having a role in the formation of ground-level ozone.

Carbon monoxide consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom, connected by a triple bond that consists of two covalent bonds as well as one dative covalent bond. It is the simplest oxocarbon, and isoelectronic with the cyanide ion and molecular nitrogen. In coordination complexes the carbon monoxide ligand is called carbonyl.

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