Edgar & Florence Ross - couple dies in home from 100 degree heating temperature
from the DailyTimes.com
An elderly Maryville couple found dead in their home Monday died of heat strokes, according to police.
A Maryville police officer responded to Windemere Circle to check on their welfare and found Edgar C. Ross, 82, and Florence A. Ross, 81, unresponsive inside their residence, a Maryville police report said.
Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp said it was determined that the couple died within hours of each other sometime on Sunday. It appeared the husband had died first.
Crisp said the husband and wife both suffered from several health problems and had turned the heat up in their house. The temperature was over 100 degrees in the residence, and investigators determined they both suffered from heat strokes.
The officer went to the Ross residence at 11:34 a.m. on Monday because a worker for a Knoxville social services company called and asked the MPD to check on the couple, Crisp said. The worker said the company had an appointment with the couple at 9:30 a.m. and the worker was worried when no one answered the door.
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