FBI is now investigating SIX mysterious American deaths at two hotels in the Dominican Republic - al

[mystery-ak]

FBI is now investigating SIX mysterious American deaths at two hotels in the Dominican Republic - all within the past year

    Robert Bell Wallace, 67, of California died on April 14 after drinking alcohol from his in-room minibar at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino resort in Punta Cana
    Across the island, Miranda Schaup-Werner, 41, collapsed and died inside her room on May 25 also after drinking something from the minibar at Bahia Principe
    Engaged Maryland couple Cynthia Day, 49, and Nathaniel Holmes, 63, were discovered dead inside a room at the same resort in La Romana on May 30
    One year ago, Yvette Monique Sport, 51, of Glenside, Pennsylvania, also died after drinking from the minibar at that resort, Sport's family members said
    In July of 2018, David Harrison of Maryland died while staying at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino resort in Punta Cana, which his widow now questions
    On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention joined other international agencies in conducting tests at the Bahia Principe properties
    It was not immediately clear whether other Dominican resorts, like the Hard Rock in Punta Cana, were also inspected
    The FBI confirmed it was assisting local authorities in investigating the deaths

By Stephanie Haney For Dailymail.com and Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com and Chauncey Alcorn and Chauncey Alcorn For Dailymail.com

Published: 21:12 EDT, 11 June 2019 | Updated: 01:59 EDT, 12 June 2019

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[Fishrrman]

Something here calls to mind the "Tylenol murders" of 1982...

[libertybele]

Lots of people go on cruises and travel abroad.  IMHO any travel outside of the U.S. comes with some risk.  Lots of places to visit in the good ole U.S.A.   

[Wingnut]

Something here calls to mind the "Tylenol murders" of 1982...

@Fishrrman Oh hell yes.  Good call!.   I would look at the hotel room mini-bar fridges.  That is where the poison is/was. 

[Bill Cipher]

All from the minibar?  Perhaps it’s something as simple and nefarious as minibars being restocked with tainted alcohol; perhaps someone is selling bottles refilled with methyl alcohol. 

[Wingnut]

All from the minibar?  Perhaps it’s something as simple and nefarious as minibars being restocked with tainted alcohol; perhaps someone is selling bottles refilled with methyl alcohol.

Or injected with a poisonous liquid on "porpoise" .

[Bill Cipher]

Or injected with a poisonous liquid on "porpoise" .

Possible, but venality and greed are more often the motivators behind things like tainted food and beverages.  Just read about the nonsense that went on in this country before the enactment of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.  Like bluish milk cut with formaldehyde. 

[Wingnut]

Possible, but venality and greed are more often the motivators behind things like tainted food and beverages.  Just read about the nonsense that went on in this country before the enactment of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.  Like bluish milk cut with formaldehyde.

Okay, but you are kinda stepping off in the weeds with that.  Some folks say coke had cocaine in the original formula.  Long before it was a soda fountain staple.  1906 was a hella long time ago.

[rustynail]

Don't go there.

[Applewood]

Lots of people go on cruises and travel abroad.  IMHO any travel outside of the U.S. comes with some risk.  Lots of places to visit in the good ole U.S.A.   

I've done five cruises, all of them were wonderful.  No such thing as massive infections, ships wrecking into harbors and all the other incidents you read and hear about now.  They were certainly a safer way to visit second and third world countries without worrying about your safety and health.  Most Caribbean countries are nice to visit on a shore excursion, but I wouldn't necessarily want to spend days and weeks in any of them. 

But now even the cruises aren't safe, so I'm with you -- stay in the US.

[Wingnut]

But now even the cruises aren't safe, so I'm with you -- stay in the US.

Amen.  Who the heck would want to be traveling to a 3rd world shithole today?