3 Teens Found Dead In Car In Kosciusko CountyThree teenagers were found dead in a car in Kosciusko County on Sunday.
According to an Indiana State Police news release, on Sunday ISP responded to a call of three teenagers found unresponsive in a car on the property of 10852 W. CR 900N, near Etna Green, just after 3 p.m.
Trooper Aaron Price arrived and found a blue 2008 Ford with an unresponsive male identified as Robert Bontrager 18, of Rome City, in the driver’s seat. Karen Miller, 16, of Topeka, and Nathan Yoder, 16, also of Topeka, were both in the back seat and unresponsive.
All three teenagers were pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office oversaw autopsies today, Monday, Oct. 31, that were performed at the Northeast Indiana Forensic Center in Fort Wayne. Preliminary indicators point toward carbon monoxide poisoning but toxicology results are pending.
This investigation is ongoing. The families of Bontrager, Miller and Yoder have been notified.
