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 randy and jodi speidel, from bellefontaine, created online fundraisers on givefrowardcom and gofundmecom in late february begging good samaritans for financial help mrs speidel wrote that they had been living without gas all winter, had no running water and were close to having their electricity and internet service shut off hopeless: randy and jodi speidel, from bellefontaine, ohio, took their own lives this week, more than two months after they created online fundraisers begging for financial help  heartbreaking: the middle aged couple died from self inflicted carbon monoxide poisoning caused by two charcoal grills they had dragged into their bedroom  last ditch effort: mrs speidel wrote on giveforwardcom in late february that they had been living without gas all winter, had no running water and cut down their food intake to one meal a day  after having paid $500 to their landlord to prevent their immediate eviction, mrs speidel stated that they were left with only $33 to their name to stretch their meager funds a little farther, the impoverished, ailing couple were forced to limit their food intake to a single meal a day and did not have enough scraps to feed their two cats ‘i have turned in every direction possible and don’t know what else to do,’ she wrote ‘if you can help, we will be forever grateful and will even pay you back once we get back on our feet’ the speidles were hoping to raise $1,000, but the online campaign failed to draw any donations whatsoever on tuesday, the couple's landlord, doug elleman, arrived at their rental at 225 west high avenue to discover a pink handwritten note warning passersby of carbon monoxide inside, reported bellefontaine examiner firefighters who were called to the scene entered the residence and discovered a pair of charcoal grills filled with smoldering coals jodi speidel, 46, and her 45 year old husband, randy, were pronounced dead at the scene orpahns: the couple leave behind two daughters, randa (pictured right as a baby with her father) and 20 year old kira speidel  columbus dispatch reported that a note found nearby confirmed that the husband and wife had made a suicide pact the couple had removed their beloved pet cats from the house to spare their lives they were later found wandering outside the couple leave behind two daughters, randa and kira speidel in a post left last month on her parents' gofundmecom page, which has since been removed, 20 year old kira called the couple 'the hardest working people i know' she went on to say that now that they can no longer work because of their physical ailments, 'they have nowhere to run' police chief brandon standley said the town has resources available for people in need like the speidels, adding that it's tragic that they thought they were all out of options in one of her online pleas, jodi speidel mentioned she had applied for assistance and was told to wait her giveforwardcom campaign description indicates that despite her infirmities, speidel was able to land a new job but needed some help to tie them over until her pay checks started coming in
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jodi speidel, 46, and her 45 year old husband, randy, were found dead in their bellefontaine, ohio, home tuesday  couple had dragged two charcoal grills inside bedroom and locked door, but let their cats out and left note warning passersby of carbon monoxide  suicide comes two months after speidels launched online fundraisers asking for help because they were starving and on verge of eviction 