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Deaths of 2 people found in car in Crystal Lake ruled accidental

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A man and a woman found deceased in a car along the road of a Crystal Lake neighborhood earlier this month have died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, officials reported Wednesday.

Yeisimar Morales-Sanchez, a 20-year-old Crystal Lake resident, and Kirby Graham, 32 and of Grayslake, were found dead in a car on the morning of Nov. 4 at the 700 block of Coventry Lane by Crystal Lake police and fire rescue departments. Police received a call at 5:32 a.m. of “two people possibly asleep in a vehicle parked on the roadway,” according to a Crystal Lake Police Department news release.

Officers arrived to a woman and a man unresponsive with “no obvious signs of injury,” officials said. Life-saving measures were attempted but were ultimately unsuccessful, and the two people were pronounced dead at the scene.

Both Morales-Sanchez and Graham were determined to have died from “carbon monoxide toxicity because of a defective exhaust system of the vehicle” that was driven by Graham, McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein said in a news release. The two people were co-workers, Crystal Lake Deputy Police Chief Richard Neumann said.

Graham’s car was a 2015 Kia Optima, Neumann said.

The manner of death is found to be an accident by the coroner’s office and the Crystal Lake police and fire departments.

Michelle Meyer

Michelle is a reporter for the Northwest Herald that covers Crystal Lake, Cary, Lakewood, Prairie Grove, Fox River Grove and McHenry County College