A Dominican Republic official said that an American tourist found dead on May 30 likely died from the shock of seeing her fiancé die.
He shed further insight into the government’s analysis into the deaths of the Maryland couple, saying there they did not die under suspicious circumstances.
“They had a lot of medical conditions. There were many bottles of prescription medication in their room,” Suero said. “They practically carried around a pharmacy with them. They had pills for blood pressure, for the heart, they had anti-depressants. When you get on an airplane and travel with all that medical [baggage], this can happen.”
And he said that Holmes told employees at the hotel on May 29 that he wasn’t feeling well, but after learning how much it would cost to get treatment, he declined.
“He said he’d just wait to get back to the U.S. the next day and go to his regular doctor,” Suero said.
The Dominican national police had previously released a statement blaming the deaths on pre-existing conditions.
“The evidence in the room shows that they might have died from high blood pressure from the heart. We found a lot of medicine used to treat that illness and according to the medical history the family provided, both of them had high blood pressure,” the statement read.
Family Has Doubts
Relatives of Day and Holmes have expressed doubt that they died of natural causes and indicated they were going to have additional testing done when the bodies were transported to the United States. The bodies arrived in the country on June 11.Steven Bullock, a lawyer for the families, said that a second autopsy would be done for both Day and Holmes.
“The families of Cynthia Ann Day and Nathaniel Edward Holmes would like to thank the community for their condolences and support in their loss. We are continuing to investigate the exact cause of death,” Bullock said.
“The families are determined to find out what happened and why. At this time the cause of death remains a mystery. We look forward to getting the FBI findings.”