Local woman dies at same Dominican Republic resort where Maryland couple found dead

Fox29.com ^ | 6/5/2019 | FOX News

[CaptainK]

A Pennsylvania woman who was vacationing with her husband in the Dominican Republic died suddenly in her room, five days before a couple from Maryland passed away at the same hotel in similar circumstances, Fox News has learned.

The woman, identified by a relative as Miranda Schaup-Werner, a 41-year-old psychotherapist from Allentown, Pa., collapsed on May 25 after having a drink from the mini-bar at the all-inclusive Bahia Principe Hotel in La Romana, her relative told Fox News.

Five days later, engaged couple Edward Nathaniel Holmes and Cynthia Day, were found dead in their room by a resort employee who went in after they failed to check out. They had coincidentally arrived the same day Schaup-Werner passed away.

[CaptainK]

Yesterday there was a thread regarding the deaths of the couple and it was thought a sudden bout of the flu was the culprit.

To me it's looking more like foul play. The mini bars need to be inspected.

[CaptainK]

All three died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema.

[Mr. K]

overdose of fentanyl?

[FreedomPoster]

Is Legionnaires’ disease a possibility?

[billorites]

This is the sort of thing that looks terrible on Trip Advisor.

[Ken H]

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.”

Ian Fleming

[billorites]

""Well, yes sir I see that a room has become available. Just give us a few minutes to make it ready."

[thefactor]

Most likely the death was not caused by the mini-bar. Correlation is not causation. My guess is a bad batch of recreational drugs being sold by resort personnel.

[CaptainK]

I don't think people die instantaneously from Legionnaires.

The woman was fine, had a drink from the mini bar, called out to her husband in distress and died.

[FreedomPoster]

Oh wow! No, that’s not Legionaires.

[mdmathis6]

Sounds like cyanide or Ricin....

[CaptainK]

They had just arrived and checked into the room. The first thing the woman did was have a drink from the minibar. I don't think they had time to locate the local drug dealer.

[G Larry]

Agree...likely residue in the room rather than active use.

[mdmathis6]

Well not ricin anyway since it takes longer for ricin to do its damage. Even flu doesn’t take you out suddenly the way this lady died. Someone poisoned her...

[RummyChick]

Cops end up in hospital when dealing with this stuff. Residue can knock you off . So incredibly dangerous.

[mdmathis6]

Except any level of residue that would have affected the sudden death of the woman should have had some effect on the husband.

[HangnJudge]

...All three died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema.

I bet it’s methanol poisoning

[FrdmLvr]

Quite.

[silverleaf]

Does that work so fast?
Poisoning sounds possible

[datricker]

Carbon monoxide poisoning?