Three American women found dead with ‘alcohol and some gummies’ at Belize beach resort


Three American women found dead with ‘alcohol and some gummies’ at Belize beach resort

By Isabel Keane Published Feb. 25, 2025, 7:58 a.m. ET Three American women were found dead at a beach resort in Belize — with cops eyeing possible drug overdoses after finding “alcohol and some gummies” in their room. Kaoutar Naqqad, 23, Imane Mallah, 24, and Wafae El-Arar, 26 — all from Revere, Mass. — were found dead Saturday at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort in San Pedro, police said. Housing staff attempted to contact the women several times on Friday after surveillance footage showed them entering their room the previous night and not coming back out, police said. When they hadn’t received a response by Saturday, hotel staff entered the room and found the women unresponsive. The cause of their deaths has not been confirmed, but first responders said they found the women with froth on their mouths, suggesting a possible drug overdose — possibly 20 hours before. “The police did a thorough search of the scene, along with the pathologists and scenes of crime. There was nothing of substance that could have been found other than alcohol and some gummies,” Police Commissioner Chester Williams said, according to Channel 5 Belize.