Police in Taiwan say carbon monoxide poisoning caused deaths of 2 Mormon missionaries
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in Taiwan suspect carbon monoxide poisoning caused the deaths of two Mormon missionaries.
The government-owned Central News Agency reported Sunday that Taiwanese authorities found a faulty gas water heater in the apartment shared by the two missionaries.
Police do not suspect foul play and have closed their investigation.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Mormon church on Saturday announced the deaths of 19-year-old Connor Benjamin Thredgold of Springville, Utah, and 24-year-old Yu Peng Xiong of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Thredgold was three months into his mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Xiong had been serving as a missionary since March 2013.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A third missionary, 19-year-old Nancy Ann Vea of West Jordan, Utah, died from injuries in an Oklahoma car crash on Friday.
About 84,600 church missionaries serve worldwide.