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Death of third US tourist of ‘respiratory failure’, within days, at Dominican Republic resort deepens mystery, as family calls on State Dept to probe deaths

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 class&equals;"postid-13913132"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;302828&semi;"><strong>Dominican Republic mystery deepens after third US tourist dies of respiratory failure<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-13913132"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;302828&semi;"><strong>Psychotherapist Miranda Schaup-Werner from Allentown&comma; Pa&period;&comma; died at Bahía Príncipe hotel in La Romana on May 25<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-13913132"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;302828&semi;"><strong>Schaup-Werner&comma; 41&comma; died in front of her husband in their room after having a drink from the minibar<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-13913132"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;302828&semi;"><strong>Nathaniel Holmes&comma; 63&comma; and Cynthia Ann Day&comma; 49&comma; checked into the all-inclusive hotel the same day<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-13913132"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;302828&semi;"><strong>The couple who both died just five days later were also found dead in their room<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-13913132"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;302828&semi;"><strong>Schaup-Werner’s family  said it&&num;8217&semi;s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;beyond coincidence” that all three US tourists similarly died of &&num;8216&semi;died of respiratory failure&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-13913132"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;302828&semi;"><strong>The have called on the US State Dept to investigate the &&num;8216&semi;similarities in the deaths<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"postid-13913132"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;302828&semi;"><strong>In January another US tourist&comma; reported that she was savagely attacked by an unknown assailant wearing a resort uniform while vacationing in the country<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"featured-image-wrapper">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><strong><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-320952" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;06&sol;Miranda-Schaup-Werner-3&period;png" alt&equals;"Miranda Schaup-Werner 3" width&equals;"692" height&equals;"460" &sol;><&sol;strong>Miranda Schaup-Werner of Allentown&comma; Pa&period;&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; died at same Dominican resort five days before Maryland couple&comma; Edward Nathaniel Holmes&comma; and Cynthia Ann Day&comma; disturbingly&comma; in similar circumstances<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured">A Pennsylvania tourist collapsed and died in the same Dominican Republic hotel where an engaged couple from Maryland was found dead five days later — and from the very same condition&comma; according to alarming reports&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Psychotherapist Miranda Schaup-Werner&comma; 41&comma; from Allentown&comma; died in front of her husband in their room in the Bahía Príncipe hotel in La Romana on May 25&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;foxnews&period;com&sol;world&sol;pennsylvania-woman-dominican-hotel-maryland-couple">after having a drink at the minibar<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Edward Nathaniel Holmes&comma; 63&comma; and Cynthia Ann Day&comma; 49&comma; checked into the all-inclusive hotel the same day Schaup-Werner died&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Five days later the engaged couple fromMaryland both were also found dead in their room&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cause of death for all three was pegged as &&num;8216&semi;respiratory failure&&num;8217&semi;&comma;which a family spokesman for Schaup-Werner called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;beyond coincidence&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Schaup-Werner’s family is so &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;alarmed” by the ” disturbing similarity ” between the deaths they have called on the US State Department to investigate the strange coincidence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They died five days after&comma; and the cause was determined to be the same&comma; this just puts this whole thing through the stratosphere — something is going on&comma; and we want to know what it is&comma;” said Jay McDonald&comma; acting as the family spokesman for Schaup-Werner’s husband&comma; Daniel Werner&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Schaup-Werner and her husband had been on the island celebrating her ninth anniversary when she suddenly collapsed after having a drink&comma; McDonald told Fox&period;Nathaniel&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was&comma; at first&comma; a little confusing that there was such a strong parallel … it immediately caused serious concern for us&comma;” McDonald said&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><strong><strong><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-320951" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;06&sol;Nathaniel-Holmes-and-Cynthia-Ann-Day-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Nathaniel Holmes and Cynthia Ann Day 1" width&equals;"937" height&equals;"625" &sol;><&sol;strong>Edward Nathaniel Holmes&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and his <&sol;strong>fiancée <&sol;strong><strong>Cynthia Ann Day&comma; both were found dead in their room with similar cause of death as Miranda Schaup-Werner&comma; at the same Dominican resort&comma; five days apart<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-320962" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;06&sol;Tammy-Lawrence-Daley-4&period;png" alt&equals;"Tammy Lawrence-Daley 4" width&equals;"634" height&equals;"448" &sol;>Tammy Lawrence-Daley has spoken about the attack while vacationing with her husband in Jan&period;&comma; which left her with a broken jaw and severe contusions<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She started shrieking and she dropped to the floor&period; He attempted to do CPR&comma; he tried to resuscitate her&comma;” McDonald said his brother-in-law told him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Paramedics arrived and gave an epinephrine injection — usually used to treat severe allergic reactions&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At that point&comma; they just declared her dead&comma;” McDonald said&comma; adding that the authorities &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;did a very cursory &lbrack;look&rsqb; into determining the cause of death&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Daniel and all of us are in a state of disbelief&comma; we are shocked&period; She was perfectly content&comma; everything seemed fine&comma;” McDonald insisted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The US State Department confirmed the three deaths&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The U&period;S&period; Embassy is actively monitoring the investigations by Dominican authorities into these tragic deaths&comma;” it said in a statement to Fox&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We stand ready to provide assistance as requested&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The deaths come after Tammy Lawrence-Daley &comma; 51&comma; said she was attacked by an unknown assailant wearing a resort uniform while vacationing in the country in January&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lawrence-Daley&comma; who suffered a broken nose&comma; fractured hand&comma; partial hearing loss in her left ear and had her mouth &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ripped apart&comma;” said in an interview this week that she blames herself for the attack in Punta Cana&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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