Three residents of the United States, who died mysteriously on the popular resort Dominican in April, were not the only Americans dead on the Islands over the past two months. There is information about another victim: 67-year-old man from California, vacationing on the other side of the island approximately 6 weeks prior to the death of 3 other tourists.
Robert bell Wallace came along with his wife in Punta Cana April 10, to attend the wedding of adopted son. A man staying at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, became ill the next day — shortly after he drank a Scotch from the Minibar in your room.
Relatives say the health of the men rapidly worsened, his urine and feces blood appeared. April 13, who worked at the hotel, the doctor made the decision about the hospitalization of Wallace, but to save him failed and on April 14 Robert died in hospital. To date, the authorities in the Dominican Republic is still not announced an official cause of death American.
The niece of Wallace, Chloe Arnold, I’m sure it was not in poor health. According to her, back in March, Robert, who was an avid hiker, went skiing at lake Tahoe and didn’t even think to complain about health.
«He was fine. — emphasizes Chloe <…> Remains a lot of questions. We don’t want that to happen with someone else.»
The circumstances of the death of Wallace suspiciously reminiscent of the incident involving 41-year-old Miranda Soup-Werner from Pennsylvania, who lived in Bahia Principe Hotel La Romana together with her husband. 25 may the woman drank ginger ale from the mini-bar in their room and suddenly began to shake and fell to the ground. Arrived in the room, the doctors failed to revive her.
Five days later, died two tourists who stayed at the Bahia Principe at the same resort Cynthia day, 49, and Nathaniel Holmes, 63. Body pair found in the room on the day of departure. In all three cases, the Dominican authorities reported that the cause of death was respiratory arrest and pulmonary edema.
Alas, the death of Wallace was not the only one that preceded the April tragedy: a year before in the Dominican Republic died 51-year-old Yvette Monique Sports from Pennsylvania. Details of the incident again sound suspiciously familiar: Punta Cana, Hoteles Bahia Principe, local drink from the Minibar. Although the documents indicate that Sports died from cardiac arrest, her sister, that seems unlikely: at the time of death, the woman was quite healthy.
According to Jay MacDonald, a family member of one of the victims — Soup-Werner, they still are more questions than answers. In particular, said MacDonald, suspicion is the fact that local authorities did not carry out a Toxicological examination after the death of a tourist and not checked nor her drink, nor a glass for toxic substances. Relatives gather to conduct all the necessary examinations as soon as the body of Miranda’s return home. After that, the plan is to contact about her death with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
According to the latest figures, the Center of control and prevention of diseases of the U.S. is now conducting inspections on the property of Bahia Principe together with several international organizations. It is not known whether the touch check other hotel chains. The FBI also said that helping the authorities of the Dominican Republic in the investigation of recent deaths — including Robert Wallace.
In his official statement, Bahia Principe expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and said that is irrelevant to the deaths, calling the accusations «misinformation», «which was badly damaged» the reputation of the network.
