06/2019 - Maryland Couple Found Dead at Dominican Republic Resort

[SrSuerte]

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Maryland-Couple-Found-Dead-in-Dominican-Republic-Resort-510698631.html

Cynthia Day, 49, and fiancé Nathaniel Holmes, 63, had been staying at the Bahia Principe hotel since May 25
A couple from Prince George’s county, Maryland, was found dead while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, relatives said. News4's Shomari Stone reports.

A couple from Prince George’s County, Maryland, were found dead while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, relatives said.
The bodies of Cynthia Day, 49, of Upper Marlboro, and her fiancé Nathaniel Holmes, 63, were found Thursday in their room at the Bahia Principe hotel at the resort Playa Nueva Romana, in the southeast coast of the island, The Dominican Today, a local newspaper, reported (https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2019/05/31/us-tourist-couple-found-dead-in-hotel-room-no-signs-of-violence/).
Sonya Jackson, Cynthia’s sister, told News4’s Shomari Stone that the U.S. Embassy confirmed the couple was found dead in the resort.
Day and Holmes, who according to relatives were engaged, had been staying at the vacation spot since May 25, The Dominican Today reported. They were supposed to fly back home on Thursday.


Holmes’ sister said she talked to him a couple of days ago, and he told her he “was having a great time.”
The bodies showed "no signs of violence," according to The Dominican Today. Investigators have not determined the cause or manner of death.
Dajuan Holmes-Hamilton, Nathaniel Holmes' daughter, said she wants the mystery solved.

"It should have never happened," she said.

[j_d66]

Just saw a story today about a lady severely beaten while staying at a punta cana resort

not very good press for them

https://www.facebook.com/1344665223/posts/10219329938422928?s=1646268216&sfns=mo

[Don Tomas]

Natural causes, nothing to see, move along....

[camaro1257]

Natural causes, nothing to see, move along....

Two of them? A 63 and 49 year old die of natural causes together at the same time in the same Dominican resort and that's not fishy?

Nahhhhhhhhhh I suspect there is more to the story...

[Westy]

Two of them? A 63 and 49 year old die of natural causes together at the same time in the same Dominican resort and that's not fishy?

Nahhhhhhhhhh I suspect there is more to the story...

Something fishy (https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/10/28/further-adventures-in-cartoon-understanding-2/) indeed ...

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[Don Tomas]

Natural causes, nothing to see, move along....


Two of them? A 63 and 49 year old die of natural causes together at the same time in the same Dominican resort and that's not fishy?

Nahhhhhhhhhh I suspect there is more to the story...

I was being sarcastic but the initial report is pulmonary edema for both of them and they both had high blood pressure.

Might just have been natural causes related to the long flight, resort activities, bedroom activities and/or bad health.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/02/us/maryland-couple-dominican-republic-death/index.html

[Jimmydr]

I was being sarcastic but the initial report is pulmonary edema for both of them and they both had high blood pressure.

Might just have been natural causes related to the long flight, resort activities, bedroom activities and/or bad health.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/02/us/maryland-couple-dominican-republic-death/index.html


Still strange.

[CentralNJDude]

I was being sarcastic but the initial report is pulmonary edema for both of them and they both had high blood pressure.

Might just have been natural causes related to the long flight, resort activities, bedroom activities and/or bad health.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/02/us/maryland-couple-dominican-republic-death/index.html


Not to step into Westy's territory but scuba diving can also cause pulmonary edema especially if they are new to it and had a lousy instructor or guide.

[Jimmydr]

Not to step into Westy's territory but scuba diving can also cause pulmonary edema especially if they are new to it and had a lousy instructor or guide.


Killed by scuba diving?:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

[Westy]

Not to step into Westy's territory but scuba diving can also cause pulmonary edema especially if they are new to it and had a lousy instructor or guide.

True! I'm not going to go into detail -- because if you don't dive, you don't need to worry about it, and if you dive, you've been schooled about it.

Were the decedents scuba-divers? Remember, there are a LOT more reasons to incur pulmonary edema. It's not even mentioned in my NAUI Advanced manual.

[CentralNJDude]

The few times I dived, I was happy to come up blowing bubbles.
Didnt realize I was claustrophobic till I was stuck in a cenote river in Mexico for a couple of miles. Was so glad to surface for air.:lol:

[Westy]

The few times I dived, I was happy to come up blowing bubbles.
Didnt realize I was claustrophobic till I was stuck in a cenote river in Mexico for a couple of miles. Was so glad to surface for air.:lol:

Diving in a cenote? A couple of MILES? Dear Lord ... I can't even....

[Jimmydr]

Diving in a cenote? A couple of MILES? Dear Lord ... I can't even....


That is very deep?

[Westy]

That is very deep?
No, not deep -- it's a question of distance covered underwater, especially distance covered beyond the light, which is crucial.

My first dive, after passing my open-water tests and getting my 'Scuba Diver' certification-card, was a guided cavern dive in Ginnie Springs, Florida. The drowned caves of west-central Florida are very much like the cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula -- formed by underground rivers that occasionally break out to the surface as 'sinkholes' (Yanqui) or 'cenotes' (Mexicano). A "cavern dive" means a dive that never goes far-back enough that you lose sight of the light at the opening of the cavern, so you can always see your way back to the surface -- unless you kick up enough bottom-silt to obscure that view. A vital part of learning cavern-diving -- and wreck-diving -- is learning to kick so you DON'T stir up the silt; another vital lesson is how to run a "wayback line," which you can follow back to the opening you entered at the start of the dive.

Cave-diving -- going 'beyond the light' -- is a far-riskier sort of diving, because if you get lost and you run out of air, 'Cancel Christmas!' It is a "technical diving" specialty that requires rigorous training and exacting preparation, before you pass this sign....

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[Hunter]

scary 3rd person died same hotel....WTF

https://nypost.com/2019/06/05/dominican-republican-mystery-deepens-after-third-us-tourist-dies-of-respiratory-failure/

[greydread]

scary 3rd person died same hotel....WTF

https://nypost.com/2019/06/05/dominican-republican-mystery-deepens-after-third-us-tourist-dies-of-respiratory-failure/
I'm wondering if it could be Legionnaires' Disease...

[CentralNJDude]

Diving in a cenote? A couple of MILES? Dear Lord ... I can't even....

They had mini caves along the way where we surfaced. Wasnt that bad, kind of combo of snokerling in diving gear.

[Westy]

They had mini caves along the way where we surfaced. Wasnt that bad, kind of combo of snokerling in diving gear.
That's better. I guess you could stay in sight of the light, that way. But it's a hell of a place to learn you've got claustrophobia.

[ezsmile]

Was that in the Xcaret tourist park?

[Jimmydr]

scary 3rd person died same hotel....WTF

https://nypost.com/2019/06/05/dominican-republican-mystery-deepens-after-third-us-tourist-dies-of-respiratory-failure/


That is scary.

[MrHappy]

scary 3rd person died same hotel....WTF

https://nypost.com/2019/06/05/dominican-republican-mystery-deepens-after-third-us-tourist-dies-of-respiratory-failure/

Two different hotels owned by the same chain.

[Hunter]

DR is getting ass raped in media...everyone coming out of woodwork who got sick blaming it on DR....

less tourists in punta cana...more starving chicas....good thing :p

[Jimmydr]

less tourists in punta cana...more starving chicas....good thing :p


They don't make money there. More empty planes should be nice.

[Don Tomas]

DR is getting ass raped in media...everyone coming out of woodwork who got sick blaming it on DR....

less tourists in punta cana...more starving chicas....good thing :p

From what I have heard they charge in Punta Cana they probably ain't starving.

Something to be said for the chicas catering to the married guy sneaking out, thinking they are getting a good deal.

[Hunter]

From what I have heard they charge in Punta Cana they probably ain't starving.

Something to be said for the chicas catering to the married guy sneaking out, thinking they are getting a good deal.

Yeah Jimmy is wrong. There is a whole chica crew that makes way more money in Punta Cana than Sosua....

[Jimmydr]

Yeah Jimmy is wrong. There is a whole chica crew that makes way more money in Punta Cana than Sosua....


But you noticed, only married people had issues.

[Jimmydr]

From what I have heard they charge in Punta Cana they probably ain't starving.

Something to be said for the chicas catering to the married guy sneaking out, thinking they are getting a good deal.


Then all the chicas would be there?

[quietcorner911]

90 days from now nobody will care and Punta Cana will continue to be the hot spot in the Caribbean....

[Jimmydr]

90 days from now nobody will care and Punta Cana will continue to be the hot spot in the Caribbean....


More like a week or two:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Westy]

Two different hotels owned by the same chain.
There's still a common thread ... they both are all-inclusive resort hotels.

We don't generally go to AIs, so we're more likely to avoid this.... :rolleyes:

[Don Tomas]

More like a week or two:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

True that!


9 days from now nobody will care and Punta Cana will continue to be the hot spot in the Caribbean....

I fixed your statement for you.:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Don Tomas]

Then all the chicas would be there?

Don't get me wrong they all want money but I can see the appeal of Sosua from a chica's point of view.

Namely the Dom Yorks/NYC Club crowd coming down and popping bottles.

I doubt many of that type would be heading to Punta Cana.

[greydread]

Don't get me wrong they all want money but I can see the appeal of Sosua from a chica's point of view.

Namely the Dom Yorks/NYC Club crowd coming down and popping bottles.

I doubt many of that type would be heading to Punta Cana.
From what I've seen, they start out in La Capital, the hot ones get chosen for Punta Cana and they go to So-Sewer to burn out. Working Santo Domingo offers many a way out of the game before they get too deep into it. It's not just the Gringo tourists that get caught up in the "sav-a-ho" syndrome. There is an aging middle class there which is in need of side pieces. It's part of the culture.

[Jimmydr]

Don't get me wrong they all want money but I can see the appeal of Sosua from a chica's point of view.

Namely the Dom Yorks/NYC Club crowd coming down and popping bottles.

I doubt many of that type would be heading to Punta Cana.


None of them would.

[MrHappy]

The capital is overrun by Venezuelan chicks on the free classified sites now. Both ones living in the DR and the ones looking for a "noble" gentleman to help them leave Venezuela.

[Jimmydr]

The capital is overrun by Venezuelan chicks on the free classified sites now. Both ones living in the DR and the ones looking for a "noble" gentleman to help them leave Venezuela.


I want some.

[greydread]

The capital is overrun by Venezuelan chicks on the free classified sites now. Both ones living in the DR and the ones looking for a "noble" gentleman to help them leave Venezuela.

In troubled times, a nation succeeds or fails on the strength of its Pussy.

Look at Germany, Japan and South Korea. Pussy used to be cheaper than lunch.

Chances go 'round.

[questner]

Methanol :sick:

[Westy]

And now, Number 4, this time in Punta Cana ... reported by The Sun (https://www.thesun.co.uk/) in Britain:

Fourth mystery death in Dominican Republic as US tourist 'urinates blood and dies after drinking one whisky at luxury resort' (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9259245/fourth-mystery-death-in-dominican-republic/)


Robert Bell Wallace, 67, became sick and urinated blood after he had one whisky from his room minibar at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana.

His mysterious death comes as three other US tourists were found dead in their rooms in another hotel on the Caribbean island.

Nearly 180,000 Brits visit the country for a sunshine break every year, but the biggest market for tourism is by far the US with more than 2m Americans visiting the island.

Miranda Schaup-Werner, 41, from Pennsylvania, died on May 25 after she had a drink from her minibar at the Bahia Principe La Romana.

Five days later an engaged couple from Maryland, Edward Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Day, 49, were also found dead in their room.

Dominican authorities said post-mortem examinations revealed they all died of natural causes.

But the families are searching for answers....

More, of course, at the link.

This is getting to be a habit.... :mad:

[MrHappy]

And now, Number 4, this time in Punta Cana ... reported by The Sun (https://www.thesun.co.uk/) in Britain:

Fourth mystery death in Dominican Republic as US tourist 'urinates blood and dies after drinking one whisky at luxury resort' (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9259245/fourth-mystery-death-in-dominican-republic/)



More, of course, at the link.

This is getting to be a habit.... :mad:



One drink in his room mini bar. Sounds like somebody is drinking the booze in the mini bar bottles and dumping something else in the bottle. Pesticide maybe?

[Jimmydr]

And now, Number 4, this time in Punta Cana ... reported by The Sun (https://www.thesun.co.uk/) in Britain:

Fourth mystery death in Dominican Republic as US tourist 'urinates blood and dies after drinking one whisky at luxury resort' (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9259245/fourth-mystery-death-in-dominican-republic/)



More, of course, at the link.

This is getting to be a habit.... :mad:




Serial Murderer in PC?

[j_d66]

Serial Murderer in PC?

Probably someone from Sosua


Ruin the image of PC and make the family tourists afraid to go there


Than market Sosua as the safe family alternative. 😬😬😬

[Hunter]

SIX

https://nypost.com/2019/06/10/the-eerie-similarities-surrounding-dominican-republic-tourist-deaths/

[Jimmydr]

Probably someone from Sosua


Ruin the image of PC and make the family tourists afraid to go there


Than market Sosua as the safe family alternative. 😬😬😬


Not many people are from Sosua.

[Jimmydr]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/shark-tank-barbara-corcorans-brother-dies-from-alleged-heart-attack-in-the-dominican-republic-002543940.html


#7 found dead

[Jimmydr]

SIX

https://nypost.com/2019/06/10/the-eerie-similarities-surrounding-dominican-republic-tourist-deaths/


We are up to 7 now.

[greydread]

We are up to 7 now.
I believe that some unscrupulous force is trying to fuck with the DR's lopsided share of Caribbean tourism.

After all, there's billions at stake.

[Jimmydr]

I believe that some unscrupulous force is trying to fuck with the DR's lopsided share of Caribbean tourism.

After all, there's billions at stake.


Or some American nut job figured out that Dr doesn't have any CSI, or FBI or any other resources to figure this out.:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

[greydread]

Or some American nut job figured out that Dr doesn't have any CSI, or FBI or any other resources to figure this out.:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
Actually, the FBI does have a permanent presence in the Dominican Republic and many are urging them to investigate.

They will get to the bottom of this as soon as they get done fighting off the trumpsters who are trying their damnedest to invalidate their good works.

[Jimmydr]

Actually, the FBI does have a permanent presence in the Dominican Republic and many are urging them to investigate.

They will get to the bottom of this as soon as they get done fighting off the trumpsters who are trying their damnedest to invalidate their good works.


I bet there will be a few more transfers there? Wait, they can't have sex with whores even thou its legal there.:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[greydread]

I bet there will be a few more transfers there? Wait, they can't have sex with whores even thou its legal there.:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
They don't have to bother with Ho's...they have access to the cream of the crop among the civilian population.

Young, fit, well educated Guys with great jobs aren't expected to pay for it.

[Jimmydr]

They don't have to bother with Ho's...they have access to the cream of the crop among the civilian population.

Young, fit, well educated Guys with great jobs aren't expected to pay for it.


The cream of the crop is with the higher ups.

[greydread]

The cream of the crop is with the higher ups.
Exactly

A GS13 agent on the street ain't much in Washington DC but in the D.R. they are "higher-ups".

[Jimmydr]

Exactly

A GS13 agent on the street ain't much in Washington DC but in the D.R. they are "higher-ups".



They might be to busy doing their jobs.

[greydread]

They might be to busy doing their jobs.
GTFOOHWTBS!

These are not robots and real life has little in common with TV.

I know folks in the FBI, Secret Service, US Marshall's, MPD, Capitol Police, Park Police and the myriad of county, state and local PD's and they have one thing in common...they're all Human and they want the same things out of life that we all do.

[Jimmydr]

GTFOOHWTBS!


I know folks in the FBI, Secret Service, US Marshall's, MPD, Capitol Police, Park Police and the myriad of county, state and local PD's and they have one thing in common...they're all Human and they want the same things out of life that we all do.


We all don't want the same things.

[greydread]

We all don't want the same things.
FBI agents are no more monolithic than the general public.

You are getting close to understanding the point.