Pair trying to stay warm found dead

Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning caused deaths

By Lauri Harvey Keagle | Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 6:50 am |

A man and a woman trying to keep warm in a truck late Monday night in the South Suburbs were apparently overcome by carbon monoxide fumes, a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said.

Darryl Jackson, 44, of the 14200 block of S. Parnell Avenue, was found dead in a truck in his garage at 10:49 p.m., the spokesman said. Nadine Teamer, no known age or address, was also found dead in the truck with Jackson, he said.

The medical examiner's spokesman said Teamer was living in the truck in Jackson's garage and had a heater there to keep her warm. The pair apparently turned on the truck to try to get warm and were accidentally overcome by carbon monoxide fumes.

Autopsies on the pair are expected later today.

From: http://nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/article_f4adfeaf-ad17-5432-a5b2-d903f509e80b.html