An investigation is underway in South Carolina after an elderly couple was reportedly found dead in a hot home on Saturday.
WSPA reported that Joan Littlejohn, 84, and Glennwood Fowler, 82, were found deceased in Spartanburg after their family requested a welfare check. Police wrote that the home exceeded 120 degrees — and the inside of a heater in their basement read 1,000 degrees before it was safely turned off.
“We did not note foul play to the bodies on scene but are concerned with why the temperature was so high,” Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger told WYFF.
According to the news outlet, Littlejohn and Fowler had not been heard from since Wednesday. Fowler was reportedly found naked lying face-up on a bed, while Littlejohn, who was clothed, was discovered slumped in a chair near the bed.
Relatives reportedly told police that they were at the couple’s home on Wednesday to help them handle their heater and water heater — both gas — because they did not work and the home was cold. They claimed they tinkered with some wire before a pilot light turned on.
The Spartanburg Fire Department found no signs of carbon monoxide poisoning, but Fowler and Littlejohn’s bodies exceeded 106 degrees, according to WYFF.
Littlejohn and Fowler allegedly had health issues that affected their mobility. WHNS reported that autopsies were performed on Monday, but their cause of death remains under investigation.
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