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
correspondent brian has more. joseph allen was vacationing in the dominican republic went last sunday night he told his friend he was going back to his hotel room because he felt like he had a fever. the next day, the 55-year-old was found dead in his hotel roo room. this happened at the resort and set sue up. his brother said that joseph just had a physical and was in very good shape, no issues. my family and i are afraid that my brother was a victim of a wrongful death. it is our wish to have my brother s body taken from the dominican republic to be autopsied by a forensic pathologist here in the u.s.. there have been nine mysterious deaths on the island over the last year. the dominican republic listed the cause of death as heart attack or pulmonary edema, lungs filling up with fluid. by the families say their loved ones were healthy before vacationing. we know at least three had alcohol from many bars. we don t know if the other six
allen arrived in the dominican republic on sunday june 9th. on wednesday night, he was feeling sick, feverish. so he decided to take a cold shower and stay in. the next morning, his friends could not reach him. when the front desk let them into his hotel room, they found him lying dead. he was staying at a resort. his brother, jason, says his brother had just had a physical and was in very good shape. no issues. the brother now for years his death is connected to the at least eight mysterious deaths on the island since last year. in a statement, my family and i are afraid my brother was a victim of a wrongful death. it is our wish to have my brother s body taken from the dominican republic to be autopsied by a per forensic pathologist here in the u.s.. the nine mysterious deaths had similarities. the dominican republic listen to because of death for the most of the victims of attack. pulmonary edema. lungs filling up with fluid. the families of most of these
deign the mystery into the death of several americans in the dominican republic deepening after new reports surface of more u.s. tourists getting violently ill and a ninth american dies while visiting the country. joining us with the latest is fox news correspondent bryan llenas. joseph allen was vacationing in the dominican republic when last wednesday night he told his friends he was going back to his hotel room because he felt like he had a fever. the next day the 55-year-old was found dead in his hotel room. this happened in the resort. joseph s brother jason said he just had a physical. he was in quote very good shape answered had no issues. they now want his body checked by forensic pathologist here in the u.s. there have been nine mysterious deaths on the island over the last year. the dominican republic listed the cause of death for most of these cases as hart attacks or pulmonary edema. lungs filling up with fluid. families say their loved
mini bar, or it s not known if they did. the dominican republic has listed the cause of death as heart attacks. pulmonary edema. that means that their lungs filled up with fluid. the families of most of the tourist say that they were healthy and exhibited no signs of illness before the vacation. that includes the family of joseph allen. in a statement, his brother says my family and i are afraid that my brother was a victim of wrongful death. it is our wish to have his body taken from the dominican republic to be autopsied by a forensic pathologist here in the u.s.. meanwhile, 54 members of the jimmy buffett fan club fell ill in april. the travel agent says that everyone who got six women the same swimming pool. now in the case of david ortiz, they have identified the man who paid hit men to try to kill the slugger.