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Sheriff: 2 Kansas men dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning

Location of Friday's  possible carbon monoxide deaths-google map
Location of Friday’s possible carbon monoxide deaths-google map

OSAGE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Osage County are investigating the death of two men on Friday in a small community south of Topeka.

On Friday, officers responded to 636 W. North Street in Carbondale, according to a media release.

They found two men who may have died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

The victims have been identified as Gregory K. Bayless, 54 and Troy Adkins, 51, both of Topeka.

Adkins and Bayless were using gas-powered generators in the house while working, there was no electricity on in the house, according to the sheriff’s department.

Final autopsy results are still pending, which may take up to eight weeks.

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