Two teenagers, believed to be Karen refugees, were found dead this past weekend in a Ft. Wayne garage. It is not clear what happened, but from this article it sounds like attempting to stay warm might have lead them to their untimely deaths. Here is what we know so far (by the way, doesn’t Ft. Wayne have restrictions on how many families can live in one home?). From the Journal Gazette:
Two teenagers found dead in the garage of a home on Fairfield Avenue over the weekend died accidentally from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Allen County coroner.
The teens – identified as Klu Tal Eh Day, 18, and Dah Eh Moo, 17, both of Fort Wayne, were found Saturday morning in a car inside a garage at 3522 Fairfield Ave. Preliminary autopsy results list the manner of death as an accident, a ruling that Chief Deputy Coroner Dick Alfeld does not expect to change.
“It’s pending, but it’s probably going to be an accident. There’s nothing sinister going on here,” said Alfeld, who would not elaborate on what investigators think happened.
Klu Tal Eh Day lived at the home, which houses several Burmese families, according to a boy who answered the front door Monday and identified himself as Then Myint Win.
The inside of the home was nearly bare, with rugs covering the entire front room and folding chairs the only visible furniture. Two others who looked to be teenagers watched videos on a computer while several young children roamed the home. One very young girl was on the floor wrapped in blankets.
An older man sat in silence in the front room dressed in a flannel shirt.
Then Myint Win was the only one who spoke some English, though it was very little. He identified Dah Eh Moo as Klu Tal Eh Day’s “girlfriend.”
A small girl inside the home said she was Klu Tal Eh Day’s sister and called herself Eh Klu See. She did not know what to say about her brother, other than the family lived in Fort Wayne for three years.
Ft. Wayne is overloaded with refugees who are unemployed and lack even the basic necessities. As we learned recently, here, the US State Department is trying to stem the flow to the “welcoming” city.
In keeping with my new feature (find the responsible refugee resettlement government contractor), here is a link to state refugee agencies. Note that Catholic Charities is responsible for this group of refugees since the World Relief office there had not yet been opened (assuming these refugees have been in Ft. Wayne for three years).