Do they know any additional information? Was anything taken from the room? Was the woman who also "died of respiratory failure" a few days earlier murdered too? Sorry for all the questions but this story is mind-boggling.Allegedly, according to someone on another site who knows somebody who knows somebody, the couple was murdered. But neither government is cooperating because they don't want to ruin the tourism in DR. Again, allegedly.
IDK. I couldn’t post what I read, but basically the person that said this said the husband/fiancé was his uncle’s best friend. But who really knows. What we do know is that this is all very fishy.Do they know any additional information? Was anything taken from the room? Was the woman who also "died of respiratory failure" a few days earlier murdered too? Sorry for all the questions but this story is mind-boggling.
Thanks. I agree, its very fishy. If I had reservations at that resort right now, I'd cancel.IDK. I couldn’t post what I read, but basically the person that said this said the husband/fiancé was his uncle’s best friend. But who really knows. What we do know is that this is all very fishy.
@Covagirlm I'm happy you asked me to come with you. I really wanted to visit DR or BIM for my bday. Girllllllll!!!! I am shook
If somebody at my door at 2 AM without a key and they ain't the police, I'm going back to bed without so much as cracking the door open.
If somebody at my door at 2 AM without a key and they ain't the police, I'm going back to bed without so much as cracking the door open.
LOL
An anti-rape device.
I first heard about girls and women in South Africa getting it because of the high amount daily rapes that happen there.
https://www.wired.com/2007/04/rapestoppers-ra/
Good idea!I'm going to start traveling with a door stop alarm. They are $8 at Home Depot.
Last night's news had a story about a woman's husband who died the same way. They were visiting, he seemed fine, and then died. I'm not sure which hotel/resort it was. Unfortunately she did not have another autopsy done when his body returned to the states, and then they cremated him. She regrets that now.More info.
Pennsylvania woman died days before Maryland couple at the same hotel in the Dominican Republic
(CNN) — Five days before a Maryland couple were found dead in their hotel room in the Dominican Republic, a Pennsylvania woman collapsed and died at the same resort shortly after she checked in, a family spokesman says.
Miranda Schaup-Werner, 41, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, had just checked in May 25 and enjoyed a drink from a minibar at the Bahia Principe Hotel in La Romana, family spokesman Jay McDonald told CNN affiliate WFMZ.
She and her husband, Dan Werner, were celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary when she suddenly collapsed in her hotel room, he said.
"At one point, she was sitting there happily smiling and taking pictures and the next moment she was in acute pain and called out for Dan and she collapsed," McDonald said.
"He was understandably in shock, but the whole thing was just so stunning."
Paramedics were called, and first aid was provided, but Schaup-Werner died in the room, Dominican Republic National Police Col. Frank Felix Durán Mejia told CNN.
A cause of death has not been determined, and a toxicology report is pending, but no violence was involved, Durán Mejia said.
Prosecutors are investigating the circumstances of her death, the Dominican attorney general's office said Wednesday.
Miranda Schaup-Werner, 41, collapsed and died in her hotel room May 25.
Couple die nearly a week later
Five days later, on May 30, Maryland couple Edward Nathaniel Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, missed their scheduled checkout time at the same resort. Hotel employees later found them dead, police said.
When Schaup-Werner's family heard about the couple's deaths, they notified the US State Department of the similarities and requested an investigation, according to McDonald. He said Schaup-Werner was healthy before her death.
"What we thought was a freak event now we don't know," he said.
CNN has reached out to the resort for more information.
Maryland couple Edward Nathaniel Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, were found dead May 30.
3 Americans in 5 days
The two families are searching for answers after the loss of their loved ones in the same resort five days apart.
In a statement to CNN, the State Department confirmed last month's deaths of the three US citizens.
"We offer our sincerest condolences to the families for their loss," it said.
After Day and Holmes died, the Dominican Republic National Police said an autopsy concluded the couple had respiratory failure and pulmonary edema, an abnormal buildup of fluid in the lungs.
Medications meant to treat high blood pressure were found in the room, police said. There were no signs of violence in the room.
All 3 checked in on same day
Holmes and Day were engaged, and were from Prince George's County, Maryland, relatives told CNN affiliate WBAL. They were supposed to fly back home the day they were found.
Texas couple on holiday in Fiji die from unidentified illness
Days before their deaths, Holmes posted Facebook photos of him and Day enjoying their time in open waters.
"Boat ride of a lifetime!!!" one caption said.
The three Americans all checked into the hotel May 25 -- the same day Schaup-Werner died, the affiliate reported. The couple were checking out five days later when they were found.
The bodies of all three Americans were transported to forensic science institutes in the Dominican Republic for examinations, officials said.
"We are deeply saddened by the incident at one of our hotels in La Romana, Dominican Republic, and want to express our deepest condolences to their family and friends," Bahia Principe Hotels said in a statement after the couple's death.
La Romana is on the Caribbean coast and has a population of about 130,000.
CNN's Rebekah Riess, Andrea Diaz and Rosa Flores contributed to this report.
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It's trending on Twitter but you got Dominicans all up in the comments talking about this could happen anywhere. Okay, maybe it can but why is it happening so often where ya'll at right now? Get your brothers, uncles and cousins together before they mess up the whole islands money.If you are logged into facebook, search for Elda Shepherd. She's currently updating her page now. She said she woke up to a man in her room. She's currently vacationing in the DR. She has been in contact with the embassy. I hope this isn't a hoax. I hope she can return back to the states safely.
Allegedly, according to someone on another site who knows somebody who knows somebody, the couple was murdered. But neither government is cooperating because they don't want to ruin the tourism in DR. Again, allegedly.
I think that's pretty standard in places where they either can't or won't do anything to fix the problem. Maybe in their eyes 1 American raped per month or a few missing or dead couples here or there is a low enough number to overlook when there are hundreds coming every day.So they'd rather let tourists die rather than issues alerts? I would think that the possibility of dying on the island would be enough to ruin their tourist industry.
Do you know how bad life has to be for somebody to say this?
I'm glad that I went safely there a couple of years ago.
I have no desire to revisit the island anytime soon.
Ladies, be careful of what you eat and drink and who comes to your door.
I thought the same thing. If they put roofies in my food, I might be in trouble.I do not know how to be careful of what I eat on vacation, they are going to have to kill me.