McFARLAND - Three people critically injured by carbon monoxide poisoning showed improvement Friday but remained in a Milwaukee hospital.
The three were pulled from a McFarland home Thursday morning, but a contractor using a gas powered paint sprayer in the home's unventilated basement died.
Eric Thompson, 57, and Weston Gill, 18, were listed in good and improving condition Friday at St. Luke's Medical Center after each received a second hyperbaric treatment. Both were breathing on their own. Karen Trow, 56, remained on a breathing tube and was listed in serious condition. She had a second hyperbaric treatment Friday and was scheduled for a third treatment today, said Dr. Jeffrey Niezgoda, medical director of the center for comprehensive wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
"Barring any disasters, she should recover," Niezgoda said. "They were all quite lucky they survived the initial event."
The contractor, Cory A. Nonn, 26, of Middleton, likely died Wednesday night, according the Dane County Coroner's Office, but it's not known when the family collapsed from the odorless, invisible gas.
Authorities think the family may have come home and was unaware that Nonn was in the basement of the home and that the home was filled with lethal levels of carbon monoxide. McFarland police have not been able to speak with the three victims but say the three were home at about 8 p.m. Wednesday, when one of them spoke to a friend on the phone from the Osborn Drive home.
The family will be interviewed "when they're well enough to talk us," McFarland Detective Jesse Crowe said. "We're not in a huge hurry to talk to them. We just want to finish our investigation."
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Middleton police got a missing persons report shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday from Nonn's girlfriend. Sometime after 7 a.m., the girlfriend called McFarland police with an address that she thought Nonn had called from. The address was incorrect, but McFarland police checked phone records and a short time later found the home on Osborn Drive.
Funeral services for Nonn are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 7450 University Ave., Middleton. A visitation is scheduled from 1-5 p.m. Sunday at Gunderson West Funeral Home, 7435 University Ave., Middleton. |
