Indiana State Police identify teens found dead in vehicle, suspect carbon monoxide poisoning
Posted: Oct 31, 2022 11:22 AM EST | Updated: Oct 31, 2022 6:47 PM EST
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. - Indiana State Police are investigating after three teenagers were found dead in a vehicle in Kosciusko County on Sunday.
According to Indiana State Police, the three were found unresponsive just after 3 p.m. in a vehicle on a property in the 10000 block of W 900 N, near Etna Green.
The teenagers were identified as 18-year-old Robert Bontrager of Rome City, Indiana, 16-year-old Karen Miller of Topeka, Indiana, and 16-year-old Nathan Yoder, also of Topeka.
Bontrager was in the driver's seat while Miller and Yoder were in the back seat.
Autopsies are being performed. Preliminary indicators point to carbon monoxide poisoning but toxicology results are pending.
This is an ongoing investigation.