Friday, May 6, was three Americans found dead in separate beach villas belonging to the luxury hotel Sandals resort in the Bahamas. Another woman was taken to a Miami hospital for treatment.
Three days later, the police identified the dead, as well as the woman who survived:
Michael Phillips (68) and his wife Robbie Phillips (65) from Tennessee. Both were pronounced dead at the resort on Friday. Michael was found in the bathroom while Robbie was in bed.
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according to ABC News 7 they both showed signs of having seizures, but no signs of external injuries. A doctor declared them both dead on the spot.
Vincent Paul Chiarella (64) from Florida was found lifeless on the floor of his own villa, next to his wife Donnis Chiarella (65) – who is still being treated in hospital. Her condition should be critical, but out of danger, writes CNN.
The toxicological examinations will still not be ready, but the relatives now want a new autopsy done by independent forensic pathologists.
DEAD: Michael and his wife Robbie Phillips were found dead in a beach villa. Photo: Handout
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The Bahamas’ Minister of Health and Welfare, Michael Darville, told the news website Eyewitness News that the authorities want to get to the bottom of the causes of death as soon as possible, and that they will facilitate the relatives’ request.
– The toxicology report is still outstanding. It was family members of the deceased who asked to bring in a pathologist from abroad to perform a new autopsy, says Darville.
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The island’s police commissioner Paul Rolle said on Sunday 15 May that forensic scientists from the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) had traveled to the United States to transport samples to a laboratory in Philadelphia to speed up the results.
– Could not move
Austin Chiarella, son of Paul and Donnis Chiarella, said ABC News that the mother woke up at night and saw the husband lying on the floor.
– My father was lying on the floor and she could not move. Her legs and arms were swollen and she could not move, so she screamed to get someone to come in and help, the son said.
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All four consulted a doctor the day before they were found dead, where they were treated for vomiting and nausea.
– They were at the doctor the night before, around 23 o’clock in the evening. And then they were found dead the next morning, said Police Commissioner Rolle, and emphasized that the couples had eaten at various restaurants.
according to CNN It was hotel employees who alerted the police just after nine o’clock on Friday morning, May 6, after the discovery of Vincent Paul Chiarella. Shortly afterwards, the discovery of two other lifeless people in another villa was reported.
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