Mystery Death at Resort Has Family Seeking Answers

By Arden Dier

July 13, 2017

Shortly after arriving at the Iberostar Paraiso del Mar resort near Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in January, John and Ginny McGowan left their adult son and daughter at a pool with plans to meet them in the hotel lobby for dinner an hour and a half later.

But Abbey Conner, 20, and Austin Conner, 22, didn't show up by 7pm as scheduled, or even by 7:30. As hotel staff later explained, the pair had been found facedown in the pool sometime after 7pm and taken to a hospital, where Abbey was on life support, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

The McGowans were shocked and confused, not least because their children had grown up on a lake in Wisconsin and were experienced swimmers. Their confusion only mounted when they learned Austin had a concussion and Abbey had a cracked collarbone.

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