authorities in the dominican republic say more tests need to be done before they know conclusively how three americans died at the bahia principe resort. miranda schaup-werner died on may 25th. five days later, edward nathaniel holmes and cynthia day were found dead in their room. meanwhile, we re hearing from a colorado whum who said she stayed at the same resort and the circumstances surrounding those three deaths sound eerily similar to what she and her boyfriend experienced. cnn s drew griffin joins us now. he spoke with the couple. drew, they described symptoms, becoming violently ill while staying at that resort. what did they tell you? jim, they re questioning whether or not what happened to them could be a key in determining what happened to these three americans who are now dead at this very same resort. this really was, for them, a
of that. i cannot opine on mr. holmes, but i can say from talking to the families that they both were in relatively good health, and if you had an opportunity to see the video, these folks were in love. they were celebrating their engagement, and they were trying to move forward with life. and, you know, this horrific story happens. and as i mentioned, they were not alone in this terrible fate. we also know miranda schaup-werner passed away five days before at the same resort. a colorado couple who says they stayed there last year; say they became extremely sick. our drew griffin went out and talked to them and it sounds eerily similar. they are lucky to be alive. what are you going to do now? the bodies of my clients will be coming back to the united states. from what i understand, mr. holmes will be coming back on sunday, and ms. day should be
she was one moment taking pictures. i think she took a picture, i smiling happy. in the next moment, in extreme pain and collapsing. reporter: the mystery around miranda s death would deepen. turns out another couple, edward holmes and cynthia ann day, his fiance, checked in to the same resort and would meet the same fate. pictures from their social media post showed they had plenty of fun. including this post. boat ride of a lifetime. and this. can somebody please loan me $250,000? because i don t want to come home. his family never imagined he wouldn t, but on the day they were supposed to leave, edward holmes and cynthia day never checked out. hotel staff entered their room to find both of them dead. their deaths on may 30th coming just five days after miranda had collapsed and died in the hotel.
families involved. miranda schaup-werner and her husband dan flew to the dominican republic to celebrate their anniversary. checking into the hotel on may 25th. but their celebration soon turned tragic. after miranda made a drink from the mini bar, she suddenly couldn t breathe. she called out to dan and he came right over and she was unable to breathe. she collapsed. she couldn t communicate. reporter: both her husband and emts tried to revive her, but the 41-year-old psych therapist from allentown, pennsylvania could not be saved. she was one moment taking pictures. i think she took a picture, i thi in extreme pain and collapsing. reporter: the mystery around miranda s death would deepen. turns out another couple, edwin
holmes and cynthia ann day, his fiance, checked into the same resort and would meet the same fate. pictures from their speed poocia post showed they had plenty of fun. can somebody please loan me $250,000? because i don t want to come home. his family never imagined he wouldn t, but on the day they were supposed to leave, edward holmes and cynthia day never checked out. hotel staff entered their room to find both of them dead. their deaths on may 30th coming just five days after miranda had collapsed and died in the hotel. what we thought was a freak event now we don t know. police say various medications meant to treat high blood pressure were found in the couple s room and there was no sign of violence. an autopsy showed the couple died from respiratory failure and pull anywhere edema, essentially a build up of fluid in the lungs.