article_snippet.sent: A down-on-their-luck couple from Ohio struggling with chronic conditions that left A down-on-their-luck couple from Ohio struggling with chronic conditions that left them unable to make a living were found dead from self-inflicted carbon monoxide poisoning this week, less than two months after their desperate pleas for help went ignored unable to make a living were found dead from self-inflicted carbon monoxide poisoning this week, less than two months after A down-on-their-luck couple from Ohio struggling with chronic conditions that left them unable to make a living were found dead from self-inflicted carbon monoxide poisoning this week, less than two months after their desperate pleas for help went ignored desperate pleas for help went ignored.
article_snippet.sent: Randy and Jodi Speidel, from Bellefontaine, created online fundraisers on GiveFroward.com and GoFundMe.com in late February begging Good Samaritans for financial help.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Speidel wrote that Good Samaritans had been living without gas all winter, had no running water and were close to having Good Samaritans electricity and Internet service shut off.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Speidel wrote on GiveForward.com in late February that they had been living without gas all winter, had no running water and cut down they food intake to one meal a day .
article_snippet.sent: After having paid $500 to their landlord to prevent their immediate eviction, Mrs Speidel stated that their were left with only $33 to their name.
article_snippet.sent: To stretch their meager funds a little farther, their were forced to limit their food intake to a single meal a day and did not have enough scraps to feed their two cats.
article_snippet.sent: ‘If you can help, we will be forever grateful and will even pay you back once we get back on we feet.
article_snippet.sent: The Speidles were hoping to raise $1,000, but the online campaign failed to draw any donations whatsoever.
article_snippet.sent: Columbus Dispatch reported that a note found nearby confirmed that the husband and wife had made a suicide pact.
article_snippet.sent: the couple had removed the couple beloved pet cats from the house to spare the couple lives.
article_snippet.sent: Police Chief Brandon Standley said Columbus Dispatch has resources available for people in need like the Speidels, adding that it's tragic that they thought they were all out of options.
highlights_snippet.sent: Suicide comes two months after Speidels launched online fundraisers asking for help because help were starving and on verge of eviction .