RAYMOND – The elderly couple who were found dead in a Raymond home early yesterday afternoon have been identified.

According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, Lewis S. Somers III, 85, and his wife, Elizabeth Somers, 84, both of Lafayette, Penn., died in a house they own at 76 Musson Road in Raymond. The likely cause was carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator running in the basement, officials said. Power to the home was lost due to the weekend storm.

A neighbor went to the home yesterday afternoon after the couple had not been heard from that day, Capt. Jeff Davis said in the a press release.

After the man was found unconscious, Raymond firefighters were called to the scene. A reading with a carbon monoxide meter found high levels of the fatal gas.

“A generator was running in the basement of the residence at the time and it appears that the residence may have been without power as a result of the recent storm,” Davis said.

“We are early in our investigation and we suspect at this time that the high levels of CO may have been a contributing factor in the two deaths. Additional details surrounding the incident will be released as they become available,” Davis said.