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Heat-Related Deaths
3:15 pm
Tue July 26, 2011
79-year-old woman, her two dogs suffer heat-related deaths in Madison Co., Ill.
By Kelsey Proud
Another heat-related death has been reported in Madison County, Ill.
Mildred M. Guide, 79, of Collinsville, Ill. is the latest person to fall victim to this season's sweltering weather, the Madison County Coroner announced in a statement.
According to the coroner's statement, Guide's home had a working air conditioner installed, but that it had been turned off. The temperature inside the house was reportedly near a possible 100 degrees.
Two dogs, kept as family pets, were also found dead inside the home, the coroner's statement said.
The first heat-related death reported in Madison County this season was that of 51-year-old Mitsunari Uechi on July 11.
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