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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 officials are calling these incidents tragic but isolated. still the mysterious deaths are raising quest...

Earlier, you don't drink from minibars, because they are so expensive. >> peter got mad when i drank from the minibar. i didn't 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 didn't contain alcohol but methanol, which is poisonous. that could be the reason that these people are suffering heart attacks and seizures and dying. >> to tom's point, how would you get ahead of this, if you were the d...

Earlier, you don't drink from minibars, because they are so expensive. >> peter got mad when i drank from the minibar. i didn't 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 didn't contain alcohol but methanol, which is poisonous. that could be the reason that these people are suffering heart attacks and seizures and dying. >> to tom's point, how would you get ahead of this, if you were the d...

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. they're 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: that's right. police have nine suspects in custody now, two of those suspects are accused of carrying out violent crimes in the u.s., including on...

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 cox's family has been told that the machines that test fluids for toxic substances are broken. they can't 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 traumatized by the natalee holloway story, watching that coverage year after year with no answers and t...