Dec 13, 2019

Carbon monoxide poisoning to blame for girl's death in Kansas

Posted Dec 13, 2019 3:23 PM
Timothy Funk / photo Shawnee County
Timothy Funk / photo Shawnee County

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Carbon monoxide poisoning is the apparent cause of death for a 4-year-old  girl, whose Kansas grandfather is charged with first-degree murder.

According to court records related to the death of Brandy Funk., testing found a carbon monoxide level more than six times above a lethal level in the girl's blood. Brandy, of Beatrice, Nebraska, died in July.

Brandy Funk / photo courtesy Davidson Funeral Home
Brandy Funk / photo courtesy Davidson Funeral Home

Court documents said Timothy Wayne Funk Sr. acknowledged he left a generator running in the garage of his Silver Lake, Kansas, home with its door shut while watching the girl and another granddaughter. The other child survived.