KSL is reporting the death of 3 missionaries in the past 24 hours.
Two LDS missionaries serving in the Taiwan Taipei Mission were found dead in their apartment Saturday.
Elder Connor Benjamin Thredgold, of the church’s Springville Utah West Stake, was found dead in his apartment, along with Elder Yu Peng Xiong, of the Kaohsiung Taiwan West Stake.
Authorities have not yet determined the official cause of their deaths, but church spokesperson Jessica Moody said no foul play is suspected.
“Elder Xiong, age 24, had been serving as a missionary since March of 2013. Elder Thredgold, age 19, began his mission in March of 2014,” Moody said. “We pray for their families and for all those who knew them, and express our love and deepest sympathies at this tragic time.”
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
In a different tragedy in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sister Nancy Vea, 19, of West Jordan, Utah (formerly from Aurora, Colorado) was a passenger in a van when the driver made a risky u-turn on a freeway. The van caused a chain reaction collision involving a bus and a tractor-trailer. Vea was flown by helicopter from the accident scene but died later at the hospital. Three other missionaries and 2 church members received minor injuries. More information can be found at KSL’s website.
Wheat & Tares 
Many of those turnpikes in OK have long stretches with no exits, but a U-turn is very treacherous. The shoulders are narrow and the median tight, plus the speed limit is 75 mph in many places. I also remember seeing a NO U-turn sign at them.
My prayers go to the families of these 3 and the missionaries who were serving with them.
It looks like the elders died of carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty water heater. See http://www.ksl.com/?sid=31277591&nid=148&s_cid=NBCNEWS?par=nbcnews&site=nbcnews.com&cm_ven=nbcnews&cm_cat=Article
Sad, but with as large a missionary force as the Church has, not unusual. Sympathies to their families, they aren’t interested in mortality rates.
In the case of the missionaries killed by a faulty heater, perhaps mission presidents will evaluate the living conditions of their charges in order to avert further tragic incidents. I remember my first “pit”, the infamous “Green Latrine” of Pozzouli, Italy. It was an apartment converted out of an old WWII bunker overlooking the harbor. Had a very scenic view, but was primitive on comfort. We had a “bombola” (space heater fueled by a propane tank) and always opened the windows to avoid CO poisoning when using it.