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Dec 2, 2008 7:57 pm US/Mountain

Source Of Deadly CO Leak Eludes Investigators

Reporting
Stan Bush
DENVER (CBS4) ― Investigators returned to the home Tuesday where an entire family died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Four members of the Lofgren family from Denver died Friday as they vacationed at a home in Aspen.

Investigators are still trying to tie up some loose ends. They say the carbon monoxide leak happened in a vent system somewhere in the house, but they're not sure how it happened. They have been going through a step-by-step process, investigating every piece in the ventilation system to see where it might have started.

Houses in Pitkin County are required to have carbon monoxide detectors as part of the county code. Part of the investigation is determining whether or not the house had a detector.

"We have not determined if there are any. It's a huge home they need to go through; there are different kinds of detectors and so that still needs to be investigated; if there was one, if it was in code," Marie Munday with the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office said. "The code does not specify right now where a CO detector had to be located."

Jonathon Thomas, the owner of the home, was with investigators Tuesday and sources say he's been devastated.

Friends of the Lofgren family have asked Aspen to create tougher laws to make sure homes have carbon monoxide detectors in the right place.

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