A group of American friends found dead inside an Airbnb in Mexico City last month likely died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to local authorities.
Kandace Florence, 28, Jordan Marshall, 28, and Courtez Hall, 33, traveled together to Mexico in late October. They planned the trip to celebrate Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Authorities discovered their bodies inside their Airbnb apartment rental during a welfare check on Oct. 30, just days before the holiday festivities were set to begin.
According to an autopsy report cited by Bloomberg, the friends likely died from inhaling carbon monoxide. Security guards working at the apartment complex, called La Rosita, later told authorities that there was a strong smell of gas coming from the residence where the group was found.
In the hours before her death, Florence phoned her boyfriend back home in Virginia and told him she was not feeling well, according to WAVY. The call was dropped before she could explain further and he was unable reconnect. Worried, he reached out to the AirBnb host, who arranged for authorities to perform a welfare check.
All three renters were dead upon the officers’ arrival. Their deaths remain under investigation.
Florence and Marshall both graduated from Kellam High School in Virginia Beach in 2011 and remained friends in the decade since. They were joined on the trip by Marshall’s friend, Hall, who lived in New Orleans.
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