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SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 04:48 PM Dec 2021

3 Siblings Found Dead on Property All Died of COVID, Coroner Says.

A coroner in Pennsylvania said on Wednesday that three siblings who were found dead at a house in October have passed away due to COVID.

Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees has determined the cause of the death after autopsies, toxicology tests, and microbiology exams, the Associated Press reported.

All three siblings died five days before they were found at a house in Conemaugh Township in Somerset County on October 25. The autopsies carried out on October 26 didn't mention any trauma, according to WJAC TV.

"They were positive for COVID-19, the lungs were heavy and congested," Lees said, per the AP.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/3-siblings-found-dead-on-property-all-died-of-covid-coroner-says/ar-AAShESA?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

My guess is.......unvaccinated. That's a dead-red area of Pennsylvania close to the West Virginia border.

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3 Siblings Found Dead on Property All Died of COVID, Coroner Says. (Original Post) SergeStorms Dec 2021 OP
At least they were Adults IA8IT Dec 2021 #1
Well, they had fun trying to breathe dalton99a Dec 2021 #2
Sad. Little chance they all died at the exact same time so... brush Dec 2021 #3
Common sense canetoad Dec 2021 #7
I've heard of multiple members of the same family dying with a short time of each other MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #15
Yeah, maybe they were all too sick to look out for each other. brush Dec 2021 #35
If they were all sick at the same time IronLionZion Dec 2021 #44
I make this statement assuming they were unvaccinated Retired Engineer Bob Dec 2021 #4
Exactly. SergeStorms Dec 2021 #17
Did they own up to their actions, or intheflow Dec 2021 #39
The Black Knight.... SergeStorms Dec 2021 #40
I applaud them Johnny2X2X Dec 2021 #5
Yes! central scrutinizer Dec 2021 #11
There was a story posted here recently about a woman face punching an ER doc ShazzieB Dec 2021 #28
I remember it. He left the profession. AllyCat Dec 2021 #42
Agreed, they did the right thing IronLionZion Dec 2021 #45
Yep, tfg country SallyHemmings Dec 2021 #6
So it wouldn't be bad for his marriage if people wondered if he was maybe cheating on his wife... Silent3 Dec 2021 #9
You answer your own question. dchill Dec 2021 #30
I wonder if they were all determined to not go to a hospital, no matter what... Silent3 Dec 2021 #8
That's entirely possible MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #16
One was sitting in a chair, the other on the kitchen floor. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #23
My Guess RandPaulsNeighbor Dec 2021 #34
68, 70 and 72. Idiots. Bye Felicia. CurtEastPoint Dec 2021 #10
Ha Ha RandPaulsNeighbor Dec 2021 #32
More suicide by Covid FakeNoose Dec 2021 #12
I just wonder ... lpbk2713 Dec 2021 #13
omg BeckyDem Dec 2021 #14
Reason and logic would say so.... SergeStorms Dec 2021 #18
Oh I know. The death toll alone should have changed their minds but BeckyDem Dec 2021 #21
They have had massive amounts of information. TNNurse Dec 2021 #24
Probably not, I'm not sure what will get through to them. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #29
With many hospitals full, they've been telling the public to stay home IronLionZion Dec 2021 #47
That makes sense. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #50
Suicide by SARS. roamer65 Dec 2021 #19
Thanks, Trump. Kid Berwyn Dec 2021 #20
This is so sad. uppityperson Dec 2021 #22
Maryland WVreaper Dec 2021 #25
Somerset Co., PA is on the MD border, a state appalachiablue Dec 2021 #33
I believe Conemaugh Township is adjacent to Johnstown, Pa. Kingofalldems Dec 2021 #43
I saw that, Johnstown appalachiablue Dec 2021 #48
Correct IronLionZion Dec 2021 #49
Dead-red Old Crank Dec 2021 #26
Who in the hell writes this stuff. "were found dead. . .Have passed away." Geez. niyad Dec 2021 #27
Sorry, Not Sorry RandPaulsNeighbor Dec 2021 #31
Now it's reminding me of stories from 1918. plimsoll Dec 2021 #36
I'm assuming they are unvaccinated Trumptards. What a surprise. johnthewoodworker Dec 2021 #37
COVID, MAGA Idiots, is undefeated. kairos12 Dec 2021 #38
Low oxygen does not encourage clear thinking. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #41
Must have believed tRump/Fox's lines about covid being no worse than a cold or flu. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #46
Sorry. mahina Dec 2021 #51

dalton99a

(94,115 posts)
2. Well, they had fun trying to breathe
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 04:52 PM
Dec 2021
The siblings 68-year-old Ruth Kinsey was reportedly found dead on the kitchen floor and 70-year-old Richard Kinsey was found sitting on a chair in the living room. Meanwhile, 72-year-old Donald Kinsey was discovered in bed in a camper located on the property.
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
3. Sad. Little chance they all died at the exact same time so...
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 04:54 PM
Dec 2021

the two surviving the first one's death had to know he/she was gone, and no one called authorities.

Covid seems to have caused some non-vaxxers to lose their common sense. I blame it all on trump and his downplaying and bungling of the seriousness of the virus.

That orange a-hole has caused the nation so much damage...and it's continuing.

MustLoveBeagles

(16,402 posts)
15. I've heard of multiple members of the same family dying with a short time of each other
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:54 PM
Dec 2021

If camper brother died first the other two may not have realized he'd died before they passed away. Or it could've happened in reverse. A sad waste no matter what the circumstances were.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
35. Yeah, maybe they were all too sick to look out for each other.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:17 PM
Dec 2021

Not vaxxing can do that. They shouldn't have listened to the trumper disinformation campaign.

IronLionZion

(51,267 posts)
44. If they were all sick at the same time
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:42 PM
Dec 2021

and generally distrustful of authorities and healthcare professionals, then it's possible. Considering the Trumpiness of that county and the speed of their demise, they were probably not vaccinated

4. I make this statement assuming they were unvaccinated
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:02 PM
Dec 2021

At least they had the courtesy to remain at home, and not overwhelm the hospital system.

SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
17. Exactly.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:57 PM
Dec 2021

They owned their stupidity, and didn't demand to be hospitalized, taking up precious resources innocent vaccinated people could use.

They talked the talk and never walked, dropping dead in their tracks.

What a horrible way to go, but at least they didn't have to get a needle in the arm or wear a mask. Freedumb, right to the very end.

intheflow

(30,179 posts)
39. Did they own up to their actions, or
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:20 PM
Dec 2021

were they in denial until the end? Like Monty Python’s Black Knight, they kept thinking it wasn’t as bad as it obviously was.

SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
40. The Black Knight....
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:29 PM
Dec 2021

one of my favorite movie sequences of all time.

You could be right about these three, but when it becomes impossible to take a breath of air when your O2 level is already below 40..... that would convince me that I'd made a mistake.

Maybe not these folks though.

Johnny2X2X

(24,207 posts)
5. I applaud them
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:04 PM
Dec 2021

They stayed home rather than took up space at the hospital. They trusted their immune systems and had the courage of their convictions. They died for their feeedums.

central scrutinizer

(12,654 posts)
11. Yes!
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:44 PM
Dec 2021

Much better than the assholes who go to the hospital with relatives threatening the staff unless they administer ivermectin and then post a plea for prayers followed immediately by a Go Fund Me appeal

ShazzieB

(22,588 posts)
28. There was a story posted here recently about a woman face punching an ER doc
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 06:55 PM
Dec 2021

His "crime" was telling her that her husband had just died of covid. She was already pissed because she hadn't been allowed to visit him due to refusing to wear a mask. He went out to the parking lot to talk to her and *POW*.

Anyone else remember that story? I'd post the link if I could find it.

IronLionZion

(51,267 posts)
45. Agreed, they did the right thing
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:44 PM
Dec 2021

if they were unvaccinated then they shouldn't trust whatever the hospital would give them either.

SallyHemmings

(1,967 posts)
6. Yep, tfg country
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:10 PM
Dec 2021

I was in business to business sales 5 years ago. I had a client in Cambria County. The customer gave me a ton of referrals. The business was conducted on the phone or via e-mail.

Taking customers to lunch was the norm. We went to lunch once. He was surprised by my brown skin. After lunch, he informed me that we could never go to lunch again. Why? because it was a small community. It would be problematic for his marriage if he was seen having lunch with an attractive black woman. I was floored. I just looked at him and asked what year were in. It was a business lunch.

I never spoke with him again...but the referral I received from him actually increased. Go figure.

That sums up Cambria County.

 

Silent3

(15,909 posts)
9. So it wouldn't be bad for his marriage if people wondered if he was maybe cheating on his wife...
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:25 PM
Dec 2021

...with a white woman?

 

Silent3

(15,909 posts)
8. I wonder if they were all determined to not go to a hospital, no matter what...
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:21 PM
Dec 2021

...or if they all got so ill at close to the same time that not even one of them was awake or conscience enough to notice the other siblings desperately needed help.

Irish_Dem

(81,263 posts)
23. One was sitting in a chair, the other on the kitchen floor.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 06:21 PM
Dec 2021

So right, it looks like they were determined to keep going until they literally dropped.

RandPaulsNeighbor

(104 posts)
34. My Guess
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:15 PM
Dec 2021

They did not want to be counted as Covid deaths or illnesses. They probably thought it would take so long to find them that there would be no proof left when the house got foreclosed on or the landlord showed up for her money.

lpbk2713

(43,273 posts)
13. I just wonder ...
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:51 PM
Dec 2021



I wonder if they were the type of people who bad-mouthed and mocked vaxxers
and maskers at every available opportunity. And then when they got sick they
were too ashamed or embarrassed to say or do anything about it.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
14. omg
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 05:54 PM
Dec 2021

I would like to think this reporting would change some minds and they'll get vaccinated.

SergeStorms

(20,591 posts)
18. Reason and logic would say so....
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 06:03 PM
Dec 2021

but reason and logic aren't strong aspects of the other guy's acolytes.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
21. Oh I know. The death toll alone should have changed their minds but
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 06:05 PM
Dec 2021

I keep hoping an event as dramatic as this one might bring change.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
29. Probably not, I'm not sure what will get through to them.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 06:58 PM
Dec 2021

Horrifying because this is preventable.

IronLionZion

(51,267 posts)
47. With many hospitals full, they've been telling the public to stay home
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:47 PM
Dec 2021

unless severely ill or an emergency. These 3 might have deteriorated too quickly that it was too late. It can happen when folks are living together and all unvaccinated.

appalachiablue

(44,022 posts)
33. Somerset Co., PA is on the MD border, a state
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:14 PM
Dec 2021

with plenty of RED populations in the western and eastern parts.

Somerset Co. PA is just NE of Morgantown, WV.

niyad

(132,440 posts)
27. Who in the hell writes this stuff. "were found dead. . .Have passed away." Geez.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 06:34 PM
Dec 2021

Last edited Thu Dec 30, 2021, 08:37 PM - Edit history (1)

As others have said, at least they did not burden the healthcare system.

plimsoll

(1,690 posts)
36. Now it's reminding me of stories from 1918.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:18 PM
Dec 2021

All we need to complete the "We're screwed" picture is for the police to find a couple together in a bed, one dead of covid and the other too weak from covid to get out.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,782 posts)
46. Must have believed tRump/Fox's lines about covid being no worse than a cold or flu.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 07:46 PM
Dec 2021

Any horse de-wormer found in their house?

FYI, this was near Johnstown and about 30-mi east of Pittsburgh in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County.

KY...........

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