A couple and their dog were found dead Thursday at their Pocono-area home, police said.

They have been identified by police as William & Ellen Nathan, both 82, of the 100 block of Crocketts Crescent in Pocono Pines, Monroe County .

Pocono Mountain Regional Police Chief Chris Wagner said an initial investigation indicates the deaths were accidental, and police believe they died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Autopsy testing, however, was scheduled for Monday to determine their causes and manners of deaths, Monroe County Coroner Tom Yanac said.

Wagner said officers responded just before 9 p.m. Thursday to the couple’s home for a welfare check at the request of a relative. The relative told police the couple hadn’t been heard from since the prior weekend.

The private community’s secu

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