An Ohio antheral died aft helium allegedly leaped from a edifice successful Colombia.
James Perry, 41, was having a get unneurotic with a radical of foreigners and locals successful his third-floor country and jumped from the balcony connected Thursday nighttime successful Medellín.
Hotel unit heard a large dependable generated by Perry’s autumn and recovered him lying successful the plot and called the police.
Paramedics rushed Perry to Medellín West Clinic, wherever helium underwent an exigency operation.
He was pronounced dormant arsenic a effect of his injuries soon aft midnight Friday.
James Perry (seen present successful Dubai successful January) reportedly jumped from the balcony connected a edifice successful Medellín, Colombia connected Thursday evening and died astatine a session soon aft midnight Friday. Authorities are investigating the incidental surrounding the decease of the 41-year-old Ohio resident
According to Colombian quality outlet El Colombiano, James Perry was recovered by edifice workers successful the plot country earlier the constabulary were called. Paramedics rushed the 41-year-old Ohio nonmigratory to Medellín West Clinic, wherever helium underwent an exigency cognition and aboriginal died
Online quality portal El Colombiano reported that Perry had precocious arrived successful Medellín to vacation.
Witnesses said that helium abruptly jumped from the balcony without saying anything.
Perry’s assemblage was transferred to the section morgue arsenic investigators are looking into whether helium committed suicide, was thrown implicit the balcony oregon if it was an accidental death.
Perry is the 35th overseas visitant who has died portion vacationing successful Medellín and the Arrubá Valley successful 2024. At slightest 16 of the victims were United States citizens.
Of the 35 deaths, 14 were reported successful the Medellín vicinity of El Poblado and 7 successful Laureles. Six of the deaths were registered arsenic suicides.
James Perry (seen present during a November 2023 sojourn successful Medellín) is the 35th overseas visitant to dice successful Medellín and the Arrubá Valley successful 2024
James Perry (pictured during an October 2023 travel to Medellín) is 1 of 16 American who had died successful Medellín successful 2024
Mexican nationalist Horacio Pérez, 54, was changeable dormant connected June portion eating astatine a edifice successful the Medellín vicinity of Provenza. Three suspects were arrested.
American Clifford Wilke, 66, was recovered dormant successful his country astatine the Dann Carlton Hotel connected June 28 aft the unit checked his country due to the fact that they were missing checkout information.
Chilean histrion Alex Araya was recovered dormant astatine a Medellín Airbnb connected June aft inviting 2 women to his rental pursuing their Tinder date. The 2 women were past leaving the rental 2 hours aft their arrival.
The United States Embassy successful Colombia warned travelers astir the usage of dating apps successful January.
The advisory was issued aft the deaths of 8 Americans successful Medellín betwixt November 1 and December 31, 2023.
The embassy said that respective of the deaths pointed to 'possible drugging, robbery, and overdose and respective impact the usage of online dating applications' and stressed that tourists should 'strongly see gathering lone successful nationalist places and avoiding isolated locations, specified arsenic residences oregon edifice rooms, wherever crimes are astir apt to occur.'
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