EXCLUSIVE: Three Americans died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Mexico City Airbnb while vacationing for Day of the Dead festivities
- Virginia resident Kandace Florence and New Orleans residents Jordan Marshall and Courtez Hall were found dead in a Mexico City apartment on October 30.
- Mexico City’s attorney general’s office announced on Tuesday that the victims “died of carbon monoxide poisoning.”
- The three friends were in Mexico to celebrate Day of the Dead festivities
- Florence and Marshall arrived in Mexico first and met Hall at the Airbnb after his October 29 flight.
- Florence spoke to her boyfriend on the evening of October 30 and told him she wasn’t feeling too well
- The phone call was interrupted during the conversation and Florence’s boyfriend could not reach her.
- He contacted the Airbnb host for a health check and authorities found the three dead hours later
- The cause of death has not been released by Mexican authorities.
Three Americans have died after inhaling carbon monoxide while vacationing in Mexico City, the Mexican capital’s attorney general’s office told DailyMail.com on Tuesday.
Jordan Marshall and Kandace Florence, both 28, and Courtez Hall, 33, were each found dead Oct. 30 at the Airbnb home they were renting in the Cuajimalpa borough of Morelos.
Florence, from Virginia Beach, and Marshall, from New Orleans, had traveled together to meet Marshall’s friend Hall, who also resided in New Orleans, and celebrate Day of the Dead festivities, according to the network. NBC affiliate television WAVY.
Florence reportedly informed her boyfriend during a conversation on the night of October 30 that she was not feeling well.
The phone call suddenly stopped and after failing to catch up with her, he contacted the Airbnb host and asked if he could visit the residence for a health check.
Security at the apartment complex requested assistance from Mexico City police after detecting a strong smell of gas coming from the trio’s apartment, according to the Mexico City prosecutor’s office.
‘According to [forensic] expert studies conducted, the three individuals referred to died of carbon monoxide poisoning,” the attorney general’s office said.
Jordan Marshall was one of three Americans found dead in a Mexico City apartment on October 30. The cause of death of him and his two friends is unknown.
Virginia resident Kandace Florence flew to Mexico City to celebrate Day of the Dead festivities with two of her friends. Florence contacted her boyfriend on October 30 to tell him she was not feeling well. At some point the phone call was interrupted and her boyfriend tried to call her back on the phone. He then contacted the Airbnb host for a health check, and authorities found Florence and her two friends dead in the apartment.
Courtez Hall, a teacher from New Orleans, flew to Mexico City on Oct. 29 to vacation with two friends and celebrate Day of the Dead. The 33-year-old was found dead alongside Virginia natives Kandace Florence and Jordan Marshall
The families said they had been in contact with the US Embassy to repatriate their bodies and have autopsies performed.
Marshall and Florence had been friends since high school. Marshall and Hall were teachers in the New Orleans school system, and Florence ran her own candle business.
“Losing your child is one thing, but being in a whole different country and having to overcome language barriers, traveling and trying to bring your body home, it was a lot,” Marshall’s mother, Jennifer Marshall, said.
Courtez Hall was among three Americans found dead in a Mexico City Airbnb on October 30. DailyMail.com has contacted the Mexico City attorney general’s office for comment. The cause of death of the three victims is still unknown.
Kandace Florence’s family said they were unable to get help from the US Embassy to have an interpreter accompany them to the morgue and Mexico City police station.
Virginia Beach native Jordan Marshall was one of three Americans who died while vacationing in Mexico City last week. He and two friends were found dead inside the Airbnb home they were renting on October 30
She traveled to Mexico City and spent hours in a police station waiting for an interpreter to show up. She was unable to recover her personal belongings which were held by the authorities.
Chad Florence traveled with his wife to Mexico and said the embassy was unable to provide interpreters to accompany them to visit the morgue and the police.
Hall’s mother, Ceola Hall, told NBC affiliate WDSU that he flew to Mexico City on Oct. 29 and spoke to her for the last time that evening.
“It’s been so difficult,” Ceola Hall said. “We tried to call back there for the undertakers. Because of the language barrier and other things, you can’t understand or really understand anything.
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