Page 5 - Will Cox News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Tourist dying in the dominican republican under mysterious circumstances. the woman who passed away, her name is leyla cox. according to her son will cox, who talked to her affiliate wcbs, she died on monday. the u.s. embassy in santa domingo told him she died of a heart attack but he says his mother was healthy, celebrating her 53rd birthday and that she was an active person and she's not aware of her having any heart trouble. we've spoken to the hotel where she passed away in a resort town in the dominican republic. they said she felt ill and had to be taken to the hospital. but will cox tol...

Her resort room. investigators here say the cause of death was a heart tact, but her family is not buying that. we spoke to her 25-year-old son back in knoxville, tennessee, a few hours ago. he said he begged his mother not to go. now he said he's under pressure from the funeral home to cremate the body immediately. he said there's no reason a healthy 53-year-old woman would die suddenly. here's will cox. >> i can't even putted into words how frustrating it is just to get my mom's body back home. it's hard enough when you lose a parent, but knowing that a foreign country has total control of y...

53-year-old leyla cox from staten island new york was here in the dominican public on vacation to celebrate her birthday. her birthday was sunday, she was found dead in a resort here on monday. police report the autopsy said it was a heart attack. her family is not buying that story. they said she was in good health, too young to have a heart attack here at 53. we spoke to her son, will cox, just a short time ago in knoxville. he said he begged his mother not to go to the dominican republic because of the stories about tourists dying here. he also said he has been enabled to get a toxicology r...