3 indicted in Aspen carbon monoxide deaths

By Bea Karnes, News First 5

Posted : Jul 26, 2010 11:58 AM
Updated: Jul 26, 2010 12:02 PM

Two building inspectors and the owner of a plumbing and heating company face criminal charges in the carbon monoxide deaths of a Denver couple and their two children in 2008.

Pitkin County Assistant District Attorney Arnold Mordkin told The Aspen Times that a grand jury handed up indictments last week in the deaths of Parker and Caroline Lofgren, and their two children. The family had won a raffle at their church for a getaway at an Aspen-area home over Thanksgiving weekend.

Investigators say a disconnected exhaust pipe leaked the odorless gas into the house. Two men face felony charges of criminally negligent homicide and misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment. A third faces misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment.

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