Autopsy results released Wednesday reveal Darnell Currie Jr. and his sister, A'Millah, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, not hypothermia.

Autopsies show two Detroit children who died in a van in below-freezing temperatures were victims of carbon monoxide, not exposure to cold weather

The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the two children found not breathing in a minivan outside Detroit’s Greektown Casino died of carbon monoxide poisoning, Fox 2 Detroit reports. Police originally thought the two children,

Authorities in Detroit have revealed the cause of death for two children who died after sleeping in a van amid freezing temperatures. In an email to PEOPLE on Wednesday

Two children who appeared to have frozen to death while living in a van in Detroit last month actually died of carbon monoxide toxicity, officials say. The causes of death for 2-year-old A'millah Currie and 9-year-old Darnell Currie Jr.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office released the official cause of death of two children who died while sleeping in a van with family in Detroit.