Couple celebrating birthday found dead in Mexico hotel room
A Nevada couple with three children were mysteriously found dead in their hotel room in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
A couple on vacation celebrating a birthday were mysteriously found dead in their hotel room in a resort town in Mexico.
Lindsay and Nick Jordan had traveled from Reno, Nevada, to Cabo San Lucas to meet up with friends for her 46th birthday.
Their friends went to their room when they did not appear one morning to discuss plans – but were turned away by hotel workers and cops, according to their son, Deven Simms, 21.
The married couple, who have three children, were discovered dead on July 14, the Reno Gazette Journal reported this week.
Deven has translated medical records and police reports and said that local authorities suspect his parents’ deaths were drug-related.
‘But everything I’ve seen, the amounts of what was found and tests are different in every document,’ he told the newspaper.
Deven added that his dad did not drink and he does not believe they overdosed on drugs. But it is not possible to have independent autopsies done in the US because authorities did not rule the deaths suspicious, he said.
‘I know now we will never know,’ he said.
The couple leave behind Deven and their daughters Haley Jordan, 19, and Sammy, 12.
Haley said her parents were traveling with friends from work. They had shared pictures from the resort in a family group chat the first two days of the trip.
‘Not too bad from our room for our long weekend!’ the mother had written.
The last photo shared by the couple showed them smiling and having lunch at the resort.
‘They were so happy to be going on this trip,’ Haley told the newspaper. ‘It’s all my mom talked about.’
Deven received the devastating news in a phone call from the work friends, and informed his siblings.
Kimball Equipment, which called the family ‘a cherished part’ of the company for nearly a decade, started a GoFundMe page to support the children.
‘Your contributions will go towards funeral expenses and any additional support needed to help raise Sammy and continue her wrestling career,’ stated the page. ‘Her parents were her biggest fans and supporters.’
The GoFundMe page had raised more than $89,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.
‘This is a very dramatic and emotional time, but they are making progress toward healing and are incredibly grateful for your support,’ stated an update on the page.
The couple’s deaths come more than a year after a California couple were found dead in the luxury Rancho Pescadero Hotel in Baja California Sur. The Mexican resort closed its doors shortly afterward amid an investigation.
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