South Carolina elderly couple found dead in home with heater at 1,000F

Joan Littlejohn, 84, and Glennwood Fowler, 82, were discovered in house with interior temperature exceeding 120F

An elderly couple in South Carolina was found dead in their house over the weekend after their heater measured over 1,000F, according to authorities.

On Saturday evening, police in South Carolina's northern city of Spartanburg performed a welfare check on a house on Woodview Avenue following concerns from family members who had not heard from their parents since last Wednesday, according to a police report reviewed by the Guardian.