Md. Family Who Died Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Laid To Rest
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (WJZ)-- The funeral service for a father and his seven children is held today after their bodies were found poisoned by carbon monoxide inside their Princess Anne home
As Marcus Washington reports, tonight a community remembers those live lives lost.
A somber and emotional day for a community as seven children, ages 6 to 16, and their father, are laid to rest.
"You got to commend the community for what they're doing; it's not every day that you put eight people in the ground. So our family, we're thankful," said one family member.
Rodney Todd and his seven children were found dead in their Princess Anne home April 6th, after reports of being missing for days.
The cause of their deaths was due to exposure to carbon monoxide after a generator was found inside the home which used in an attempt to keep the family warm.
The funeral service held Saturday at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore was attended by 300 hundred people.
A family member says, "We're just a close-knit family. When one hurts, we all hurts."
A hurt of saying goodbye to loved ones, many lives so young.
The children were buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Denton.
Rodney Todd, the children's father, will be buried tomorrow in Madison, near his hometown of Cambridge.