JUST IN: A Tennessee couple and a Florida man have been identified as the three Americans who died at a Bahamas resort last week after authorities said they fell ill.
Police officials of the island nation named the deceased couple as Michael Phillips, 68, and his wife Robbie, 65. The identity of the third fatality, Vincent Paul Chiarella, 64, had been previously confirmed by his family.Chiarella's wife, Donnis, 65, was airlifted to a hospital in Florida and remained in serious condition, Royal Bahamas Police Commissioner Paul Rolle said at a news conference Monday.
Officials said they could not yet provide a cause of death, and were expediting the toxicological examinations with the help of a lab in Philadelphia. "Once those samples are done, our pathologist will be able to provide an official report as to an exact cause of death and determine exactly what has happened," Rolle said.The deaths have cast a cloud over the resort hotel in a stretch of the Bahamas billed as a luxury destination, beckoning tourists with its turquoise waters and white sands.
Despite the mysterious circumstances surrounding the case, officials said no foul play is suspected at this time. Rolle was reluctant to theorize what may have happened. But the commissioner said that samples from the premises were collected and will be tested to"determine whether or not there was a chemical" leak involved. An unsubstantiated report on social media claimed there was a faulty air-conditioning unit on site.On Thursday, a number of guests were taken to a clinic for nausea and vomiting and were treated, the island's health minister, Dr.
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