A British holidaymaker, Sian Louise Marshall-Plewes, died after swimming off a beach in Sosua in the early hours of Saturday morning, 2 August.
She reportedly drowned at 4 am as she ‘cavorted’ with her 20-year-old lover Jose Manuel Cordero close to the popular Sosua Beach.
She became separated from her boyfriend after being hit by a ‘strong wave’, inhaled water and then passed out and her body was later discovered further down the beach by Civil Defense volunteers.
Local TV station Musavision reports that witnesses claimed the 36-year-old, believed to be from the Lincolnshire area, was ‘animated and inebriated.’
Ms Marshall-Plewes had been staying at an apartment in Sosua for one week and was due to fly back to the UK on Sunday.
Her body was taken to the Cabarete medical center, from where it was transferred to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences.
Officers from the Deputy National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department are now investigating the incident, which some sources have claimed was a ‘terrible tragedy’.
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