Phelps County coroner says car in garage led to 5 deaths earlier this month

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Phelps County coroner announced in a Monday social media post that a car that was left running in a garage on June 19 led to the deaths of five people.

Four men and a woman were found dead that day in a home in the 11000 block of Village Circle in Rolla, the post says.

“Autopsies and toxicology's have been completed and we are waiting on those results. We know there has been a lot of rumors out about this tragic event, we can say yes there was a car left running in the garage, which was the source of the carbon monoxide, yes, there is 4 males and one female all adults, these are the facts, all other information that has been put out is simply not true,” Monday’s social media post says.

Another person was critically injured, someone in the other side of the duplex had moderate injuries and a deputy was exposed to carbon monoxide, according to previous reporting.

Monday’s post says three of the victims were Honduran nationals, one was a Mexican national and another was a Guatemalan national. Four of the victims’ bodies are being transported to their original country and the coroner’s office wrote it is “working diligently to make sure the final victim's disposition, and destination is achieved appropriately and expediently as possible.”