Two teens found dead in garage

Family questions if cultural barrier is to blame
Updated: Tuesday, 29 Dec 2009, 6:45 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 29 Dec 2009, 6:44 PM EST

Janice Allen
FORT WAYNE, Ind., (WANE) -- - NewsChannel 15 has uncovered new details about two Fort Wayne

teenagers found dead the day after Christmas. The victims were discovered parked in a car, inside a

closed garage in the 3500 block of Fairfield Avenue.

Both of the victims immigrated from Burma, and sources say they hadn't been here long.

A family member found 18-year-old Klu Tal Eh Day, a male, and 17-year-old Eh Moo Dah, a female,

around 10:30 Saturday morning.

The Allen County Coroner has ruled the deaths as accidental, due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

22-year-old Mu Dah says her sister, Eh Moo Dah told the family she was going to a friend's house.

"The last time we saw her was Thursday night, the 24th, around 6 o'clock," she recalled. "That was

the last time. I don't want to believe it, It's like oh, this was a dream, that's what I kept telling myself."

According to the family, Eh Moo Dah was a student at North Side High School, where she excelled in

her studies and dreamed of becoming a doctor.

"Mom and Dad always say that she is the smartest girl. Yeah, she was very smart," Mu Dah told News

Channel 15.

It's been hard for the family to accept, and tough for Burmese advocates to deal with too.

Carbon monoxide is a danger most grow up learning about, but that's not the case with Burmese immi-

grants.

"In their country, they don't have their own vehicles, so they know nothing about the danger, the poten-

tial danger of carbon monoxide," said advocate and friend of Eh Moo Dah's family Laura Burger. "It's one

of those things that unfortunately after the fact, you realize this is something we should have warned

them about."

It's a warning for Mu Dah even, who was also unaware. She and Burger hope the tragic lesson will one

day save the life of someone else.

Mu Dah tells NewsChannel 15 the family had been in Fort Wayne for about two years. Little is known

about the background of the other victim, Klu Tal Eh Day.

Eh Moo Dah's family plans to hold a special memorial for her Thursday.

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