Posted on 06/03/2019 10:37:46 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
An American couple vacationing in the Dominican Republic died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema, according to officials.
Edward Nathael Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, were found dead Thursday in their hotel room in San Pedro de Macorís, on the southeast coast of the country, according to the Dominican Republic National Police.
They arrived at the hotel on May 25 and were scheduled to depart on Thursday, police said.
Several bottles of medicine used to treat high blood pressure were found in the couple's room, according to authorities.
Their cause of death was determined by autopsies performed at the Regional Institute of Forensic Sciences, police said. Officials are awaiting the toxicology and histopathology results.
The couple was from Prince George's County in Maryland, according to Washington, D.C., ABC affiliate WJLA.
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Though a 51 year old woman who was recently beaten nearly to death at such a resort resort would probably say, "not worth it"
You got that from the Forensic Files.
They asphyxiated each other in one of them bizarro sexual techniques ? See who would blink first ? Tough game to lose for some.
I’ll never understand why people go on vacation in Third World crapholes.
Yes. Blood pressure meds and booze do not a good combination make. High blood pressure causes the heart pump harder at times to keep the blood flowing. That strains the heart and arterial walls. Alcohol causes the whole process to become much harder for the coronary system to function. At the very least one or both of them could have had a stoke but at least they would still be alive. There is/was obviously more going on here.
Why go to the beach on a tropical island when you can have a perfectly good first world weekend in Chicago?
The way the headline read I thought it was a suicide hotel.
I would have written it as:
“American couple dies of respiratory failure in Dominican Republic hotel”
Interesting story. I go to AI’s 2-3x/year, and never heard that story. Never heard of that resort either, and I stayed about a mile away from it a few years back.
IIRC the Bends will be a fast onset.
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