Tag Archives: Dominican Republic

An Italian mafia fugitive blew his cover after police found him making cooking videos on YouTube. Marc Feren Claude Biart’s “love for Italian cuisine” cost him getting arrested after being on the run for seven years. According to NBC News, police arrested a mafia fugitive in the Dominican Republic, and …

While Kanye West continues to make his bid for the 2020 Presidential Election stationed in Wyoming, his wife, Kim Kardashian, has returned to Los Angeles with their four children. The couple recently took a family vacation with their kids in the Dominic Republic, following an emotional reunion stemming from a …

Several American tourists who have died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic were rumored to have fallen fatally ill from poisoned alcohol, but the FBI says that’s not the case. The FBI conducted toxicology tests on the deceased tourists, and methanol poisoning was ruled out as the cause of their …

A Georgia man is the latest American to be confirmed dead in the Dominican Republic. This past Sunday, the State Department announced the death of another American tourist, 31-year-old Tracy Jerome Jester Jr, who visited the Dominican Republic and allegedly died of “respiratory illness” in March. He is the 11th …

After a Denver man became the 13th American tourist to die in the Dominican Republic earlier this month, the chairman of one popular hotel and resort has publicly addressed what some are calling a “mystery.” In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on Friday, Hard Rock International Chairman Jim Allen …

A Denver dad who was booted from his return flight from the Dominican Republic has died, making him the latest tourist to die in the country. According to Fox31, Khalid Adkins traveled to DR with his daughter last week and suddenly became sick while there. When Adkins attempted to return …

A new bride from Louisiana has died a week after returning home from her honeymoon in the Dominican Republic.  According to Daily Mail, Susan Simoneaux died on Tuesday in New Orleans after being rushed to hospital with fluid on her lungs.  Susan’s new husband, who is now a widower, Keith …

A Dominican Republic prosecutor said Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz was not the intended target in the shooting that took place on June 9. On Wednesday, attorney general Jean Alain Rodriguez announced in a news conference that Sixto David Fernandez, a friend of Ortiz’s who shared a table with …

A vacation to the Dominican Republic ended early for Deer Creek High School graduates after several teens in the group fell ill just days after their arrival. In celebration of graduation, about 40 seniors traveled from Edmond, Oklahoma to the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana earlier …

A man from New Jersey is now the eighth person to die while on vacation in the Dominican Republic in the last year. Joseph Allen, 55, is a native of Avenel, New Jersey who visited the country to celebrate his friend’s birthday. On the morning of June 13, Allen was …

Another American Tourist has died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic. 53-year-old, Leyla Cox of Staten Island had traveled to the popular tourist destination, Excellence Resort in Punta Cana on Wednesday, June 5 for her birthday and didn’t return. According to NBCNews.com, her son William Cox said he last …

As the investigation into the mysterious deaths in the Dominican Republic continues, “Shark Tank” star, Barbara Corcoran says her brother recently died under similar circumstances in April.  According to TMZ, Corcoran said her brother, John, traveled to D.R. with a friend in April. But, sometime during the trip, the friend, …

Another American died while on vacation in the Dominican Republic after grabbing a drink at a minibar. Robert Bell Wallace, 67, is the fourth U.S. citizen that has died in the Dominican Republic, reportedly a month before three other Americans died in their hotel rooms on the island. Wallace, a …

A Pennsylvania woman died in the same Dominican hotel five days before another couple. Just five days before a Maryland couple was found dead in their hotel room in the Dominican Republic, a 41-year-old Pennsylvania woman named Miranda Schaup-Werner collapsed on after she had a drink from the mini-bar at …

An American couple was found dead in their hotel room while on vacation in the Dominican Republic; officials say the cause of death was a respiratory failure and pulmonary edema. On Thursday, authorities found the bodies of Edward Nathael Holmes, 63, and Cynthia Ann Day, 49, in their hotel room …