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The deaths of an elderly couple found in a second-floor Central Falls apartment "were heat related due to a recent heat wave" and they died "as a result of environmental exposure with hyperthermia," the Office of State Medical Examiners said today.

A landlord found Rolande and Raymond Desjardins in their Chestnut Street apartment on Wednesday at 2:39 p.m., Police Chief Joseph Moran has said.

Raymond S. Desjardins, 84, was dead when police and rescue crews arrived, Moran said. Rolande M. Desjardins, 86, showed signs of life and was taken to Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Moran said.

Rhode Island had its first official heat wave -- three days over 90 degrees -- from Sunday through Tuesday of this week.

The Desjardins’ landlord needed to get into the apartment and had called a locksmith to open the door, Moran said yesterday. He said police did not find any signs of foul play.

Read tips from the Centers for Disease Control on dealing with the extreme heat.

Read an earlier story.

Comments

sonya cerezo said:

This is another example of how the less fortunate have to suffer, whether it be freezing in the winter, or burning up in the summer. There are so many people who can't afford even a small A.C. or won't buy one because they are worried about higher electric bills. For all those people who are "well to do", when you go home to your nice house and turn on your A.C. or crank up your heat on a freezing day, consisder those who might not be able o live as good as you.

Link | June 13, 2008 7:10 PM
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