{"id":725,"date":"2025-07-09T23:52:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2025-07-09T23:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:52:37","slug":"illinois-mom-and-her-two-teenage-sons-die-from-suspected-carbon-monoxide-exposure-during-mexico-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=725","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Mom and Her Two Teenage Sons Die from Suspected Carbon Monoxide Exposure During Mexico Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A heartbreaking tragedy has struck an Illinois family after a mother and her two teenage sons were found dead, reportedly due to carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to reports from ABC affiliate WLS and the Daily Herald<\/em>, 41-year-old Brenda Correa and her sons, Leo, 15, and Armando, 13, passed away on July 2 after toxic gas seeped into the residence where they were staying during their trip to Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brenda worked at the Westerhold Early Learning Center, part of Community Consolidated School District 62, while her sons were students at Algonquin Middle School in Des Plaines. The school district confirmed the deaths to PEOPLE<\/em>, stating the family had been visiting Mexico when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMrs. Correa was a cherished part of our ELC community. We are heartbroken by her loss and that of her two children,\u201d Superintendent Dr. Michael Amadei wrote in a letter to families connected to the school on July 2. \u201cBecause the tragedy happened abroad, we don\u2019t yet have full details, including funeral arrangements, but we\u2019ll share any updates as they become available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The district also expressed sympathy and support to Brenda\u2019s husband and daughter, who survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milena Mroczek, Brenda\u2019s sister-in-law, told the Daily Herald<\/em> that the three were staying at a family property in Michoac\u00e1n, a state in western-central Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After several unanswered calls, a relative went to the home and discovered the boys unresponsive near their beds, and Brenda was found in the shower, according to the Daily Herald<\/em>. No one else was in the home at the time, and Brenda\u2019s husband, Armando Correa Sr., and daughter, Brittany, remained in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither Mroczek nor Mexican officials responded immediately to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Facebook post following the tragedy, Mroczek asked for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith hope and strength, I reach out for help, dear friends,\u201d she wrote. \u201cTragedy has struck our family yet again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, the family set up a GoFundMe campaign to help bring their loved ones\u2019 bodies back to the U.S., but later shared that the victims would be laid to rest in Mexico due to the ongoing investigation. Donations are now being used to pay for funeral expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A memorial mass is planned for Saturday, July 12, according to Mroczek\u2019s social media update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another Facebook tribute, a friend shared her sorrow over Brenda\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an enormous loss for our community. Brenda was one of the kindest, most caring people you could ever meet,\u201d she wrote. \u201cRest peacefully, Brenda, with your beautiful sons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A heartbreaking tragedy has struck an Illinois family after a mother and her two teenage sons were found dead, reportedly due to carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation in Mexico. According to reports from ABC affiliate WLS and the Daily Herald, 41-year-old Brenda Correa and her sons, Leo, 15, and Armando, 13, passed away on…<\/p>\n

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