Five days after a Maryland couple was found dead in their Dominican Republic hotel room with no signs of violence, authorities still don’t know what caused their death from respiratory failure.
“It’s a bit unusual,”Punta Cana Tourism Police spokesman Ramon Britosaid of the couple’s mysterious death, theWashington Postreports.
Edward Nathaniel Holmes and Cynthia Ann Day.Facebook
Their bodies showed no signs of violence,USA Todayreports. The Dominican Republic National Police announced an autopsy found the couple had respiratory failure and pulmonary edema.
Medication for high blood pressure was found in the room, WBAL reports. Toxicology results are pending.
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Grieving relatives want answers in the deaths of the couple.
“It should have never happened,” Holmes’s daughter, Dajuan Holmes-Hamilton, told News4 of her father’s death.
Holmes’ sister told NBC4 when she spoke to her brother he “was having a great time.”
Before they died, the couple shared photos of themselves on the beach, out for dinner and with friends.
“Can somebody please loan me $250,000 bcuz I don’t want to come home!!!!!” Holmes captioned a series of photos with Day.
source: people.com
