Woman dies after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

RUSSELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Russell County Coroner Mark Coots confirmed that a 93-year-old woman died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning on Saturday.

Coots says Debra Edelman, 93, from Richmond, Indiana, was pronounced dead Saturday at 4:49 p.m. CT at State Dock Marina in Jamestown.

A preliminary investigation is underway.

Coots says Edelman’s death appears to be connected to carbon monoxide poisoning from using a generator during a power outage connected to Friday night’s storms.

Coots says the generator had not been turned on for over a year and put out bad air.

Edelman was later found deceased after using the generator.

At this time, it’s unclear if Edelman is the same woman Governor Andy Beshear announced as the 19th victim of severe weather.

The coroner says Edelman’s body has been taken to Frankfort to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

This is a developing story.