Two Americans Found Dead In A Luxury Hotel Room In Mexico

On June 15, 2023, two Americans named Abby Lutz, and John Heathco, were discovered dead inside their luxury hotel room in Hotel Rancho Pescadero, in Mexico.

Both victims were in their mid-30s, and they were found by paramedics and police around 9 p.m.

First responders entered the hotel room after receiving reports that the Americans were unconscious.

The pair were pronounced dead at the scene.

                                        

                                   

According to reports, this particular Mexican luxury resort where these two Americans were found dead encourages guests to get drunk as part of one of its wellness programs.

Guests of Rancho Pescadero are treated to an open bar and told to drink up a series of exotic liquors so the property can show off the effectiveness of its “Mayan hangover cure” the next day, as detailed by Bloomberg.

It’s not known if the couple participated in any of the resort’s wellness programs before they were discovered in their suite by paramedics, who said they had been dead for at least 10 hours by the time they were found.

According to a relative of the couple, before Lutz, and Heathco, were found in their room, the couple had been hospitalized days before with what they believed to be food poisoning.

The Mexican government says the couple died from “intoxication by substance yet to be determined.” 

It had initially been claimed they died from inhalation of gas.

Local authorities also confirmed there was no evidence of violence related to this isolated incident, and there is no threat to guests’ safety or wellbeing at this time.

The property, which underwent a four-year renovation, just reopened and costs at least 700 dollars a night.

Natural gas poisonings have claimed lives of US citizens vacationing south of the border in the past.

In October 2022, three Americans were found dead at a rented apartment in Mexico, apparently from gas inhalation.

And in 2018, a gas leak in a water heater killed an American couple and their two children at a resort in Tulum. 

Travel expert Kevin Coffey advised Americans headed to Mexico with carbon monoxide concerns to call the property they’re staying at and ask if they have co2 detectors.

“Find out if there is one, and then you just have to make a decision about going,” Coffey said. “I travel and I have a portable co2 detector that’s battery operated, and if I end up staying at a property that doesn’t, I have it.” said Kelvin.