South Florida man Dennis Antiporek 'cooked to death' in sauna with 'faulty timer'

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A South Florida man left a note for his family saying he was going to relax in the sauna on Sunday but when he failed to return hours later his daughter made the horrifying discovery that he had cooked to death.

Lara Antiporek and her mother Ronnie Antiporek believe that a faulty timer on the sauna at Eden Isles Condominiums led to Dennis Antiporek's untimely death and they plan to sue the housing complex.

Lara was the unfortunate loved one who found her father's blackened remains inside of the sauna. She tearfully recalled not recognizing the 'black' man inside but when she saw her dad's clothing hanging on the hook she soon realized her father's skin was dark because he had been cooked to death.

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Cooked to death: Dennis Antiporek was discovered dead inside of the sauna by his daughter

Cooked to death: Dennis Antiporek was discovered dead inside of the sauna by his daughter

Chamber of death: Dennis' daughter said the smell was unbearable inside the sauna where her father cooked to death and was trapped inside for hours 

Chamber of death: Dennis' daughter said the smell was unbearable inside the sauna where her father cooked to death and was trapped inside for hours 

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Untimely death: The family believes a faulty sauna timer lead to their father's being cooked to death inside the scorching hot chamber where he was charred to a crisp

Horrified: Dennis' daughter discovered her father's charred corpse inside the sauna at his South Florida apartment complex 

Horrified: Dennis' daughter discovered her father's charred corpse inside the sauna at his South Florida apartment complex 

Happy family: Dennis, pictured her with his daughter, was unrecognizable and looked black in the sauna from being cooked to death

Happy family: Dennis, pictured her with his daughter, was unrecognizable and looked black in the sauna from being cooked to death

'When I opened the door, I looked and there was a black man in the sauna. It wasn’t my dad so I shut the door and I looked, the clothes hanging, it was his clothes,' Lara Antiporek told CBS. 

'While I called 911, I was opening the door so I could breathe,' Laura Antiporek told Local 10.

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Ronnie recalls seeing her husband of nearly 50 years' skin smeared on the floor and the bench of the sauna.

Ronnie says she can't shake the blood curdling images of her husband's corpse from her mind no matter how hard she tries.

'I close my eyes and I just see his face charred,' said Ronnie Antiporek in shock.

Broken timer: the family believes that a broken timer was the cause of Dennis' horrifying death inside a sauna that cooked him until he turned black

Broken timer: the family believes that a broken timer was the cause of Dennis' horrifying death inside a sauna that cooked him until he turned black

Devastated: Ronnie Antiporek says she and her husband would have celebrated their 50 years of marriage 

Devastated: Ronnie Antiporek says she and her husband would have celebrated their 50 years of marriage 

Residential community: Dennis died in the sauna at Eden Isles condominium where his family believes a faulty timer in the scorching hot room caused him to cook to death 

Residential community: Dennis died in the sauna at Eden Isles condominium where his family believes a faulty timer in the scorching hot room caused him to cook to death 

'And this sounds horrible, but there was skin on the floor and on the bench and we shouldn't have had to see that,' she added.

Dennis and Ronnie's love first ignited in high school. Dennis would have been 69 soon and he also would have celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary.

The family has hired an attorney to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the condominium for what they believe is not checking the safety of the sauna and for having a faulty timer.

'First and foremost, we want to make sure that this community maintains a level of safety for all residents,' said Attorney Joseph Madalon to CBS.

'We believe at this point in time that he died by asphyxiation by becoming overheated,' family attorney Douglas Ede said to Local 10.

Missed terribly: Dennis' family will miss him and says he was just shy of his 69th birthday 

Missed terribly: Dennis' family will miss him and says he was just shy of his 69th birthday 

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