California motel closes after two women found dead in same room days apart

Eureka police took two calls for unconscious individuals, and officials reported elevated' carbon monoxide in room

A California motel has been closed after authorities found two women dead in the same room just days apart.

The Eureka police department in northern California said in a news release last Thursday that on 21 February, officers and Humboldt Bay fire personnel were dispatched to a motel on the 4000 block of Broadway Street in Eureka - identified by the Eureka Times-Standard as the Lamplighter Inn - after receiving a report of two unconscious patients due to a possible drug overdose".