Missing college student in the Dominican Republic from Ashburn

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain about this "lobby alcohol?"

Bar in the lobby? Sounds like they were hanging out and drinking for hours. It sucks they weren't cut off at any point, but the drinking age in DR is 18 so it was legal.

Ok. Thanks.
Someone several pages back said something about how young adults should be taught to never drink the alcohol in the lobby, or something like that. I've never been to DR or anywhere like that, so I wasn't sure what that was about.

Does the reports says she was also drinking? Didn't read the details as with most mystery news stories. Could that group have finished drinking at the disco (??) and we're out of alcohol and decided to drink alcohol which can be found at the hotel lobby? Maybe no one has reported that and perhaps it doesn't even matter in this story. But was there any foul in that alcohol that was possibly consumed by the young woman (if she drank if there's video of it?)?

I didn’t read any details of the case but I’m going to post in here with random speculation. Nice addition to this post. Perhaps read a news story before you try to enlighten us with your wisdom.

It is common knowledge among travelers to DR not to drink the alcohol in hotel lobby. Why can't that be an area of speculation if it already hasn't been ruled out?

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Anonymous wrote:Om Shanthi. I pray for her soul. My heart hurts for her family and friends. I’m Indian American from a similar background. Her parents looked so shocked. I can only imagine how proud they were of their premed daughter. May they find peace.

Why not just "how proud of their daughter"? Who gives a damn about major, oh right, the "Indian American from a similar background."

She's not American she's an Indian citizen living in the us

Technically. The "Indian American" (or take another country like Dominican American) part is commonly used by those who while they are not American by birth nor did they get naturalized (didn't get US citizenship) but have lived in US most of their lives so will hypnanate because they associate with being American. As in this young woman's case, it was said she came to the US in 2006 and they say she is 20. So she came to US when she was 1 or 2 years old. Not knowing if she ever went back to live in India after she moved to US so they write Indian American.

wrong

Nah, you are wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Om Shanthi. I pray for her soul. My heart hurts for her family and friends. I’m Indian American from a similar background. Her parents looked so shocked. I can only imagine how proud they were of their premed daughter. May they find peace.

Why not just "how proud of their daughter"? Who gives a damn about major, oh right, the "Indian American from a similar background."

She's not American she's an Indian citizen living in the us

Technically. The "Indian American" (or take another country like Dominican American) part is commonly used by those who while they are not American by birth nor did they get naturalized (didn't get US citizenship) but have lived in US most of their lives so will hypnanate because they associate with being American. As in this young woman's case, it was said she came to the US in 2006 and they say she is 20. So she came to US when she was 1 or 2 years old. Not knowing if she ever went back to live in India after she moved to US so they write Indian American.

it is relevant here because India had to take the lead with DR authorities vs US who was just monitoring (until recently) because she is an Indian citizen and not a US citizen. It mattered in this case. I do not have any opinion on whether India has a good diplomatic team (I see no reason why they wouldn't) but people were asking why it too so many days for the US to get involved and it is because the priority/first in line was India.

Through the TJ grapevine, a representative from the Indian embassy met the parents at the airport when they landed after they immediately booked the next flight there.

What parent would not do the same if they were in this situation?


In contrast, at that time, the response from the Americans’ embassy was “let’s just wait and see if she turns up.”

Sorry but this was an unacceptable and unprofessional response here, when clearly someone’s life is in great danger.

Spare us any TJ gossip.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain about this "lobby alcohol?"

Bar in the lobby? Sounds like they were hanging out and drinking for hours. It sucks they weren't cut off at any point, but the drinking age in DR is 18 so it was legal.

Ok. Thanks.
Someone several pages back said something about how young adults should be taught to never drink the alcohol in the lobby, or something like that. I've never been to DR or anywhere like that, so I wasn't sure what that was about.

Does the reports says she was also drinking? Didn't read the details as with most mystery news stories. Could that group have finished drinking at the disco (??) and we're out of alcohol and decided to drink alcohol which can be found at the hotel lobby? Maybe no one has reported that and perhaps it doesn't even matter in this story. But was there any foul in that alcohol that was possibly consumed by the young woman (if she drank if there's video of it?)?

I didn’t read any details of the case but I’m going to post in here with random speculation. Nice addition to this post. Perhaps read a news story before you try to enlighten us with your wisdom.

It is common knowledge among travelers to DR not to drink the alcohol in hotel lobby. Why can't that be an area of speculation if it already hasn't been ruled out?

Because all the other young people were fine, and no one forced her to go swimming in the ocean when it was dark and she was intoxicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a case of drunk kids swimming at night and struggling with the waves & currents.

Teach your kids to never swim in a body of water at night. Doubly true if there is alcohol involved. You won’t be found until after daybreak.

Even still, the thing that the boy should have done is to go back into the water and to try to save the girl. Any real man would have done this. He is not a real man. No. He is a cowardly little boy who should just sit in the jail now for many years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am an intuitive and believe she drown. A very tragic accident.

But why did the boy not try to save her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain about this "lobby alcohol?"

Minibars.

You can easily do a search on the world wide web. Rolling Stone also had something in it after

"In 2019, several American tourists died in the Dominican Republic, and some of these deaths were linked to alcohol consumption from hotel minibars, sparking concerns about the quality and safety of the liquor."

"Authorities have investigated the deaths, with some focusing on the possibility of counterfeit alcohol being the cause."

"The Dominican Republic passed a law in September 2021 to regulate the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages throughout the national territory"

See reddit travel: Dominican Republic alcohol safety

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a case of drunk kids swimming at night and struggling with the waves & currents.

Teach your kids to never swim in a body of water at night. Doubly true if there is alcohol involved. You won’t be found until after daybreak.

Even still, the thing that the boy should have done is to go back into the water and to try to save the girl. Any real man would have done this. He is not a real man. No. He is a cowardly little boy who should just sit in the jail now for many years.

As should her father for being so cowardly that he let his daughter travel alone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am an intuitive and believe she drown. A very tragic accident.

But why did the boy not try to save her?

Wasn't he the one that was intoxicated? He doesn't seem to have even known what actually happened. Or he could be the reason for her disappearance. Speculations only.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am an intuitive and believe she drown. A very tragic accident.

But why did the boy not try to save her?

Because he was *drunk* and could barely save himself. I think a number of people on this thread don't know, or don't remember, what it's like to be that drunk. Confusion, things spinning, disorientation, cognitive impairment...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a case of drunk kids swimming at night and struggling with the waves & currents.

Teach your kids to never swim in a body of water at night. Doubly true if there is alcohol involved. You won’t be found until after daybreak.

Even still, the thing that the boy should have done is to go back into the water and to try to save the girl. Any real man would have done this. He is not a real man. No. He is a cowardly little boy who should just sit in the jail now for many years.

As should her father for being so cowardly that he let his daughter travel alone.

Omg. You must be kidding about the boy/man?

Re: dad letting her go, go try to change the U.S. laws for age of adulthood. When you've done that come back here and let us know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am an intuitive and believe she drown. A very tragic accident.

I'm also an intuitive and believe you are possessed by demon spirits that give you false feelings. Very tragic

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am an intuitive and believe she drown. A very tragic accident.

I'm also an intuitive and believe you are possessed by demon spirits that give you false feelings. Very tragic

Ooooh! An intuit-off!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swimming at night in open water is dangerous even if you are a good swimmer. It's hard to see waves coming, it's hard to tell how far out you are, and if you are hit by a wave, you are even more disoriented and confused than if you are in broad daylight. For one thing, you might not even know which way is the surface of the water if you are underwater, and it's harder to spot the shore (so you might think you're swimming to shore, but instead you're swimming away from it).

Yep..if she did actually go in the water.

Everyone who has gone into the ocean at the beach can relate. You get in water and when you finally get out of the water, you're looking for your group/umbrella/towel in sand by where you exit the water which usually ends up being further away than where you thought you left your stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been to all inclusive in DR before and I have never seen alcohol just left in the lobby for people to freely take (how would you monitor kids not taking it). I have known of people to ask for entire bottles of wine to take with them to the beach and seen that happen, but the concept of lobby alcohol sounds crazy.

Some resorts are adults-only and stock every room with full bottles of booze. That's the appeal of these resorts - pay one price up front and everything (including unlimited alcohol) is taken care of.