i ll pass. jillian: autopsy results connected to mysterious deaths in the dominican republic. the country s tourism minister insists the island is safe despite american tourists dying last summer. rob: nathaniel holmes and his fiancée, dominican health officials now say they likely died of shock after seeing her partner died. jillian: two more tourists coming forward, one passed away in april of last year. barber mitchell, retired nurse from pennsylvania died after getting sick in 2015.
this time, he was just 55. here s linsey davis. reporter: another american family is demanding answers tonight, after yet another death in the dominican republic. 55-year-old joseph allen, a father from new jersey, found dead in his hotel room this past thursday. his sister tells abc news that her brother was, for the most part, healthy. allen is at least the ninth american tourist to die in the dominican republic in the last 12 months at different resorts across the island. the family of leyla cox, a 53-year-old radiologist from new york, is also asking questions. nobody can give me a solid answer on how she passed away. everything is being misdirected and mis-skewed. i get new information every single day. reporter: it was just two weeks ago when nathaniel holmes and cynthia day, seen here kayaking on the island, were both found dead in a d.r. resort. autopsies performed on the island said they died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema. the husband of miranda werner says
americans who died in the dominican had a heart attack and or pulmonary edema, because my heart problems and we don t know the last person s cause of death. open-source we know about who were generally healthy died of similar causes which is exceptionally unusual especially when you consider that 63-year-old nathaniel holmes and his fiancée cynthia day died of the same thing at the same time. then there is the minibar, three of the eight americans with drinks from the hotel many bars. it is unknown of the other side did but most of them drank alcohol. the new york post is reporting investigators are looking at whether the tourists were poisoned by bootlegged booze. they are looking at who supply the alcohol and if it contain dangerous chemicals. dominican officials say the fbi and other agencies have taken an active role in the overall investigation and the fbi in
americans who died in the dominican had a heart attack an or pulmonary edema commonly caused by heart problems. we don t yet know the last person s cause of death so all of the tourist we know about wh were generally healthy diet of very similar causes, which is exceptionally unusual especiall when you consider that 63 -year-old nathaniel holmes and his 49 -year-old fiancé died of the same thing at the same time. then there is the menu bar, three of the eight americans di drink from their hotel minibar, it s unknown if the other five did, but it appears most of them drink alcohol. our corporate cousin the new york post is reporting that investigators are looking into whether the tourists were poisoned by bootleg blues, police want to know who supplie the alcohol and when it contained any dangerous out. they say the fbi and other federal agencies have now taken an active role in the overall investigation and that the fbi in particular is going back and
i get new information every single day. reporter: it was just two weeks ago when nathaniel holmes and cynthia day, seen here kayaking on the island, were both found dead in a d.r. resort. autopsies performed on the island said they died of respiratory failure and pulmonary edema. the husband of miranda werner says she died after drinking from a minibar in her room. he and the relatives of nathaniel holmes and cynthia day now wait for toxicology results. officials there saying there s no evidence the deaths are corrected and are urging tourists not to rush to judgement while these investigations unfold. david, more than 2.7 million american tourists visited the island last year. the ministry of tourism says it is working with hotels to reinforce safety conditions and is working with authorities to get these families some answers. david? gio, thank you. now to the danger on the front lines here.