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Morsi was 66 years old. >> its a grim story and lets see theres going to be people who look into this in the historical context of the country, too. >> and a ninth man has died after staying at a resort in the dominican republic. >> can you believe these stories in these people go to a mini bar and have a drink and die of heart conditions and it keeps happening. >> 55-year-old joseph allen was found dead in his room on thursday while celebrating a friends birthday. and a number of other families...

Wallace after drinking from the mini bar. raising questions of possibility of bootleg liquor. the hard rock total said once they learned much the teens of illness they took immediately corrective action adding that the safety and health of guests is their highest priority. i will tell you, its tough talking to joes family and joes brother jason this morning because again you have a lot of stonewalling no, answers, and efforts to make it more difficult for families there on the island. guys? stev...

[laughter] >> jesse: theories abounding about this drama, greg. im sharing them as a concerned host. >> dana: quickly away from you emily and juan? >> emily: bemove the tourism the dominican republic should say something else besides its an overreaction and coincidental. behoove them to say hey guys we will work on this and get back with you and at least would convey a commands of comings. i do think our state department should have increased caution for three weeks like hey pause it for a while...

Mini bar, or its 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 domini...

After drinking from their mini bar. a lot more questions than answers here. dominican authorities are keeping tight-lipped about this. so much of this country depends on tourism, particularly american tourism. there are over 2 million american tourists who visit the dominican republic every year. perhaps its possible that some could have just died here because of natural causes. but many of the relatives feel something suspicious is happening, that they need further clarification as to what exac...

Room. the cause of death, an apparent heart attack according to her son. cox now the eighth to die in dominican republic resorts in the past year and half of them falling violently ill after drinking from the room mini bar. jerry curran died in january his family saying he became sick after a night of dinner and drinks. >> he just never came back. >> reporter: the fbi is assisting authorities with toxicology exams for the american victims. deaths have not been connected and the d.r. tourism offi...

Earlier, you dont drink from minibars, because they are so expensive. >> peter got mad when i drank from the minibar. i didnt know how expensive it was. i was 25. >> the police in the dominican republic, along with peter. >> and the nuts. >> those are the worst. >> anyway, dana, they have discovered that, in fact, in some of the alcohol bottles that were in the mini bar, it didnt contain alcohol but methanol, which is poisonous. that could be the reason that these people are suffering heart atta...

Earlier, you dont drink from minibars, because they are so expensive. >> peter got mad when i drank from the minibar. i didnt know how expensive it was. i was 25. >> the police in the dominican republic, along with peter. >> and the nuts. >> those are the worst. >> anyway, dana, they have discovered that, in fact, in some of the alcohol bottles that were in the mini bar, it didnt contain alcohol but methanol, which is poisonous. that could be the reason that these people are suffering heart atta...

Officials here their toxicology machine was broken. this means seven now american tourists dead here in the past few months, all following a similar pattern. in a resort, often having alcohol from the minibar. police say those deaths are not linked. theyre also investigating the possibility of counterfeit alcohol being used. dana? >> dana: steve, some people accused in the david ortiz shooting are also wanted here in the united states? >> reporter: thats right. police have nine suspects in custo...

Islands or cayman islands. >> this would be a good novel. >> my first novel. >> it is tragic. the d.r. is not handling this well with families to your point. they want answers. leila coxs family has been told that the machines that test fluids for toxic substances are broken. they cant do toxicology tests. now, the fbi is working with law enforcement there. talk about not getting behind the story. to your point about aruba, i have a hard time thinking about going to aruba, because i was so traum...