The National Police says that the autopsy of two US tourists who died on Thursday, 30 May 2019 in San Pedro de Macorís indicates they died from respiratory failure and pulmonary edema. The National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) still needs to turn in results of toxicological and histopathological studies on the deceased.
The Maryland couple, 63-year old Edward Nathaniel Holmes and 49-year old Cynthia Ann Day, was found dead in their room at a Bahía Principe hotel in Playa Nueva Romana in southeastern San Pedro de Macoris. They had been staying there since 25 May and were scheduled to leave the hotel on the same day they died.
The case is under investigation by the scientific investigations unit of the Police. As reported, Holmes had consulted a hotel medic by telephone but was not seen personally by a doctor following the call. The Police says there were no signs of violence. In the room, several pharmaceuticals were found — Galanpertin 400 MG, Oxicodona 5MG, Loxofen 50 MG, as reported in Diario Libre.
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3 June 2019