The Wake County, North Carolina man died suddenly during his stay at the Bahia Principe resort in Punta Cana. Robert Bell Wallace died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic after drinking from the minibar in his room. His family called his death into question after learning that three other Americans had died suddenly within five days of each other at another all-inclusive resort on the island in May 2019. The 67-year-old California man died after drinking from the minibar in his room at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino resort in Punta Cana. David Harrison, 45, died on vacation in the Dominican Republic in 2018. Methanol poisoning, linked to bootleg liquor, was eyed as the cause of his death. McCoy later said staff at the hotel tried to pressure her into having his body cremated before returning to the US. Harrison reportedly woke up struggling to breath and covered in sweat, according to his wife, Dawn McCoy. The 45-year-old Maryland man died suspiciously while celebrating a wedding anniversary at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana. 78-year-old Jerry Curran fell ill after having dinner and drinks with his wife while on vacation in the Dominican Republic in 2019. His official cause of death was pulmonary edema, cerebral hypoxia and severe encephalitic cranial trauma. He was rushed to a hospital after he began vomiting and became unresponsive. The 78-year-old former police officer from Bedford, Ohio, fell ill after having dinner and drinks with his wife, Janet, at the Dreams Resort in Punta Cana. Long Island pizzeria owner Vittorio Caruso died of respiratory and heart failure while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Authorities in the country later said he suffered from respiratory and heart failure. He was the 10th American to die in the Dominican Republic during the time period. The 56-year-old Long Island pizzeria owner mysteriously died while staying at the Boca Chica Resort in Santo Domingo after “drinking something,” according to his sister-in-law, Lisa Maria Caruso. Cynthia Ann Day and fiancé Nathaniel Holmes were found dead in their Dominican Island hotel room in 2019. They reportedly suffered respiratory failure amid a string of tourists deaths on the island in the summer of 2019. The bodies of Day, 50, and her fiancé Holmes, 63, were found in their room at the Bahia Principe hotel at the Playa Nueva Romana resort. 35-year-old Texas firefighter Elijah Snow died in Cancún.ĭespite multiple bruises and a gash on his head, Mexican officials ruled his death an accident. His body was found the next morning, stuffed into a small window on an isolated strip of the Sunset Royal Beach. The 35 -year-old Texas firefighter was celebrating a wedding anniversary with his wife, Jamie, when he disappeared just hours after checking into the Royalton Chic Cancún Resort & Spa. Her boyfriend, Taylor Allen, was charged with her murder. Sativa Transue, 26, was found beaten to death in a swanky Cancún resort. The 26-year-old Washington state woman planned to spend Thanksgiving relaxing in the sun with her boyfriend, Taylor Allen.īut the day after arriving, she was reportedly found “beaten to a bloody pulp” in a room at the $200-a-night All Ritmo Resort.Īllen was quickly arrested by Mexican authorities and charged with killing her. Here are some examples of where paradise was lost: Sativa Transue.

The case reignited fear surrounding strange and violent deaths at vacation hotspots in the Caribbean and Mexico. Last week, American tourists Robbie Phillips, 65, Michael Phillips, 68, and Vincent Chiarella, 64, became the latest to have their dream trips turn into nightmares, when they suddenly fell ill and died mysteriously at the swanky Sandals Emerald Bay resort in the Bahamas. Tourists on tropical vacations have been plagued by trouble in paradise in recent years - including mysterious poisonings, unsolved disappearances and one couple’s tragic honeymoon murder. Lindsay Shiver’s family ‘sad, shocked’ over arrest in murder-for-hire plot against estranged husbandįormer Auburn football player helps get wife out of jail after she allegedly hired Bahamas hitman to kill him Georgia housewife became ‘Bahamas bad girl’ living a ‘double life’ and allegedly sent picture of husband marked ‘kill him’ to hitman Lindsay Shiver’s alleged Bahamas lover downplays plot to kill husband, says ‘more is going to come out’

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