Pierceton Family Dies in Missouri

Three members of a Pierceton family have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Missouri. Police say 40-year-old Jeffrey Cox, his 17-year-old daughter, Kayla and his 14-year-old son, Derrick all died in a horse trailer at a horse sale near Joplin. Police say it was a large horse trailer that had room for horses in the back and was a camper in the front. Police say the victims died accidentally, after they apparently brought a running generator into the back of the trailer. The local coroner pronounced all three dead at the scene. A 39-year-old Pierceton woman who was traveling with the family survived.