Name of Man Killed By Carbon Monoxide Released

Police and firefighters responded to the scene.

Police said the man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Southington is Gordon Rowe, 43.

On Monday, the medical examiner ruled his death a suicide.

Police responded to Copper Ridge in Southington after getting a 911 call at 1:50 p.m. on Friday.

The woman who placed the call for said that she found her husband unconscious in the basement, where power equipment and generators are stored, according to police. He was not breathing when rescue crews arrived.  

Rescue crews also found a woman in the basement who was unconscious. 

Police have identified her as Nichole Wislowski.

Wislowski was flown by Lifestar to a Rhode Island Hospital for treatment. Police have not said if she is the same person who called 911.and a woman has been taken to the hospital.

Wislowski's condition was upgraded over the weekend and has since been released.

Rowe was divorced a couple of years ago and lived in the home with his girlfriend and a female roommate, according to neighbors.


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