No charges filed in case of two children found dead in van in Detroit casino garage

No charges will be filed after two children died of carbon monoxide poisoning while inside a van parked in a Detroit casino parking garage. Investigators say their family was trying to live out of the van.

The case involved a 9-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl who were found to be not breathing as family members checked on them in February 2025. Three other children in the vehicle were also taken to an area hospital and admitted.

Detroit police said that the family of five children, along with their mother and a grandmother, appeared to be living in the van, which was parked for at least three days in a Hollywood Casino parking garage on Lafayette in Greektown…

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