A Canadian citizen was reported dead from accidental drowning after midnight. Media reports are that Canadian Dorian Christian MacDonald had traveled to Puerto Plata on a solo vacation. What is known is that he was last seen walking on the beach at around 2am on 20 June 2025 and then was reported missing.
His family has set up a Go Fund Me to gather funds to bring him home to Nova Scotia. The process is long, slow and expensive for bringing the body home. It includes flights, international paperwork, funeral coordination and preparation of the body.
Reports are that the corpse was found in the water on the Maimon Bay beach outside Senator Hotel where he was staying. First responders were rushed to the scene after receiving a call around 3am, and the body was located about an hour later when it washed ashore.
The family would have received the official autopsy report from the National Forensic Sciences Institute (Inacif).
Jenssen Sanchez, a spokesperson for the Dominican Republic’s Civil Defense Agency, which manages emergency response efforts, told Canadian outlet The Globe and Mail that first responders were called to the scene after receiving a call at 3 am local time. Sanchez confirmed that the body was located more than an hour later.
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1 July 2025