Three high school football pals have been found dead and two more are in a critical condition in hospital after suffering suspected carbon monoxide poisoning believed to have been caused by a generator in a travel trailer at a country music festival.
Five men in their late teens and early twenties were found unresponsive inside the trailer at the Faster Horses Festival in Brooklyn, Michigan, on Saturday after a concerned friend told police they had not heard from them in some time.
They were identified as Dawson Brown, 20, Richie Mays Jr, 20, and Kole Sova, 19, MLive.com reported.
'My heart is breaking for these families and the ones still fighting for their lives,' said Mays' mother, Amy Satterthwaite, referring to two more friends who were at a hospital.
Dawson Brown (left), 20, and Kole Sova (right), 19, were among three men who died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a country music festival in central Michigan on Saturday. All three victims were friends and played on the high school football team at Michigan Center High School
Richie Mays Jr, 20, was also name as one of the victims who died at the festival on Saturday
Authorities are also investigating a fourth death at the festival, unrelated to the suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
Melissa Donna Havens, 30, was found dead at the three-day music festival on Saturday morning, according to Michigan State Police.
The cause of Havens' death has not been determined, and an autopsy and toxicology test will be carried out, police said.
They are seeking a man who was allegedly seen with her in the hours before her death. He is described as black, in his 30s, with short black hair, a short beard and wearing a gray hoodie.
Five men were found unresponsive inside a travel trailer during a country music festival in Brooklyn, Michigan over the weekend in what police are investigating as a carbon monoxide exposure, officials said. Three of the men died and two were rushed to hospital. Investigators are also probing the death of a 30-year-old woman whose body was found nearby. Jason Aldean (above) performed at the festival at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday
Melissa Donna Havens, 30, was found dead at the festival on Saturday morning, according to Michigan State Police
The man being sought was seen with Havens less than 24 hours after her body was found, according to investigators.
Brown, Mays and Sova graduated from Michigan Center High School in Michigan Center.
Brown, who was Sova's cousin, had a landscape and lawn business that employed two people. He also wore a tattoo that read 'Live a life that outlives you.'
Brown was the oldest of three chidren. He is survived by his parents and his younger siblings - sister Taum, 15, and brother Braylon, 13.
During his high school football playing days, he was known as 'Touchdown Dawson Brown,' a moniker coined by his grandfather.
Mays had talked about selling insurance. His mother, Amy Satterthwaite, said that her son planned to become a millionaire by 25.
Richie Mays Jr and Kole Sova are pictured above during their playing days on the high school football team at Michigan Center High School
Brown, who was Sova's cousin, had a landscape and lawn business that employed two people. He also wore a tattoo that read 'Live a life that outlives you.'
Mays had talked about selling insurance. His mother, Amy Satterthwaite, said that her son planned to become a millionaire by 25
Kole Sova is pictured left with his brother, Brady Sova. Kole Sova was a three-sport star athlete who graduated at the top of his class
'The really hard, saddest thing out of this is just what’s not going to happen for these boys whose futures were so bright,' Kole’s father Jerry Sova
