A Quebec couple in their 50s was found dead while vacationing in the Dominican Republic at a resort in Villa Riva. The cause of death is still unknown. <\/p>\n
A couple from Gatineau was found dead while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, according to a family member.<\/p>\n
Alain No\u00ebl, 56, and Christine Sauv\u00e9, 55, were found dead in a home in Villa Riva.<\/p>\n
Sauv\u00e9\u2019s brother, Gilles Sauv\u00e9 Jr., told CTV News the couple died during the night of Dec. 25. and the family is waiting for more answers about the deaths.<\/p>\n
The cause of death is unknown, but Sauv\u00e9 said \u201cthere was absolutely no suicide or murder.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were a very respected family, very close-knit, a really good family. They were loved by everyone and were planning to retire in the Dominican Republic with their new house,\u201d Sauv\u00e9 said of his sister and her husband.<\/p>\n
He added the family will have to wait 10 to 30 days to receive autopsy results and repatriate them to Quebec. Sauv\u00e9 said the family is taking the news <\/p>\n
In a statement, Global Affairs Canada confirmed it is \u201caware of two Canadian citizens who died in the Dominican Republic.\u201d <\/p>\n
It added that \u201cCanadian officials are providing consular assistance and communicating with local authorities to obtain more information.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diario Libre, a local daily newspaper, reported on Dec. 26 that the bodies of the two Quebecers would be transported to the Dominican Republic\u2019s National Institute of Forensic Sciences in Santo Domingo. <\/p>\n
The paper also reported that local authorities are investigating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Quebec couple in their 50s was found dead while vacationing in the Dominican Republic at a resort…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-376923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}