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   From: liars@msnbc.com   
      
   Two elderly people in South Carolina were found dead in a bedroom during a   
   wellness check last week, with police saying that the home's heater had   
   reached 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit – so hot the victims' bodies had exceeded   
   106 degrees.   
      
   In a police report obtained by CBS News, an officer said that he went to   
   their residence on Jan. 6 to conduct a wellness check after their family   
   had not heard from them in three days. Officers had to enter the home   
   through the bedroom window, at which point the pair – 84-year-old Joan   
   Littlejohn and 82-year-old Glennwood Fowler – were found dead in their   
   bed. There were no signs of a struggle or foul play.   
      
   The responding officer said they "noticed the residence was extremely hot"   
   as soon as they entered. And when medics went to obtain the victims' body   
   temperatures, he recorded each at over 106 degrees Fahrenheit – the   
   highest his device would register.   
      
   According to Mayo Clinic, the average body temperature should range   
   between 97 degrees and 99 degrees Fahrenheit. If the core body temperature   
   surpasses 104 degrees, individuals "need immediate cooling and urgent   
   medical attention."   
      
   When the fire department arrived, they found that the interior temperature   
   of the house was over 120 degrees – after the residence had been open to   
   the cold weather "for about 20 minutes," the police report says.   
      
   "They then checked the basement of the residence where the heater and hot   
   water heater were located," the police report states. "One firefighter   
   stated the heater was so hot it looked as if the basement was currently on   
   fire."   
      
   After deactivating the heater, they found that the temperature of the   
   heater measured at over 1,000 degrees.   
      
   Spartanburg Coroner Rusty Clevenger said his office is "concerned with why   
   the temperature was so high" in the house," but that no foul play was   
   detected. Carbon dioxide levels in the house were not of concern, police   
   said, and the coroner said that his office "will continue to investigate."   
      
   Upon speaking to the victims' family, the responding officer learned that   
   hot water heater and heater "both were out and the residence was getting   
   too cold" the last day the family saw the pair. The family ended up   
   "fiddling" with the hot water heater, and family members left the home.   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joan-littlejohn-glennwood-fowler-south-   
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