Boone, NC: 11-yr-old boy latest in string of sudden deaths at Best Western hotel

[Emily]

Heart problems were blamed at first for the retired couple's deaths, (they were visiting from Longview, WA), but then a young boy died and his mother was sickened after staying in the same room...why they were allowed to stay in the room when the tox screen was not complete on the older couple is not explained.
http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/News/story/Carbon-monoxide-blamed-in-hotel-deaths-id-011682

Carbon monoxide blamed in hotel deaths

by Anna Oakes
The Boone Police Department has determined that carbon monoxide toxicity was the cause of the June 8 death of an 11-year-old boy and the April 16 deaths of an elderly couple at the Best Western hotel in Boone...