Third American Dead From Respiratory Failure At DR Hotel

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Third American Dead From Respiratory Failure At Dominican Republic Hotel

A third American has passed away in the Dominican Republic — reportedly, at the same hotel and in the same way as the Maryland couple who mysteriously died last month.

From ABC News:

An American woman died of respiratory failure in her Dominican Republic hotel room days before a Maryland couple was found dead of the same cause at the same resort, a hotel staff member told ABC News.

Miranda Schaupp-Werner was found dead at the Grand Bahía Príncipe hotel in La Romana on May 25 — five days before Edward Nathaniel Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, were found dead in their hotel room.

Schaupp-Werner, 41, “died suddenly and inexplicably in her hotel room…after arriving and having a drink from the in-room mini-bar,” family spokesperson, Jay McDonald, said in a statement to ABC News. She was healthy before she died, McDonald said. She had arrived in the Dominican Republic the day she died, McDonald added.

Her husband, Daniel Werner, was with her when she began experiencing physical distress and collapsed, McDonald said.

Like the couple, Schaup-Werner reportedly died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema, although her family has been wondering if she was poisoned. Unlike the couple, however, Schaup-Werner’s death has not been considered “suspicious.”

The family became alarmed after learning of the similarity of Holmes’ and Day’s deaths and the possible implications, such as whether they’d been poisoned, and has contacted the State Department to request an investiation, McDonald said.

“No toxicology report was done as part of the cause of death inquiry, nor were Mrs. Shaup-Werner’s glass and drink tested,” McDonald said.

A spokesperson for the hotel declined to comment further on Miranda Schaupp-Werner’s death.

ABC News continues…

The U.S. Department of State confirmed to ABC News that Schaupp-Werner was an American and they are “actively monitoring” the investigations into Miranda Schaup-Werner’s death and those of Edward Nathaniel Holmes and Cynthia Ann Day — but “At this point, we are not aware of any connection between these incidents,” an official said in a statement.

Personally, we don’t see how there could be ZERO connection between all these deaths, but stay tuned… because isht is getting WEIRD and we’ll be keeping you updated.