Tragedy sparks sales of carbon monoxide detectors

KUSA - Since a family was found dead in a multi-million dollar Aspen home, carbon monoxide detectors have been flying off the shelves in some stores.

"We're selling twice as many units per day as we did before at least," said David Michaud, a supervisor at ACE Hardware near Broadway and Alameda in Denver. "Mostly they just don't think they need them, that something like that would never happen to them, which unfortunately isn't always true."

Friends found the bodies of Parker Lofgren, 39, Caroline Lofgren, 42, and their children, Owen, 10, and Sophie, 8, Nov. 28. The sheriff's department believes vents in the snowmelt and heating system leaked carbon monoxide into the home at 10 Popcorn Lane, about four miles east of Aspen.