The Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, has one of the highest rates of injection drug use in the world, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (PDF), with 2.3% of the population engaging in this behavior.
The ship arrived in the Seychelles on February 16 with a 24-man crew. But he said the deaths “do not appear to be criminal in nature, related to vessel operations, the material condition of the ship or their duties as security personnel.” Coast Guard spokesman, said the service was investigating the deaths, as required by American law. Another neighbor, Paul Bell, called them “church people.”īoth Reynolds and Kennedy had children and “seemed to be family men,” Urbina said.īodily fluid samples from the two men are being sent to Mauritius for further analysis “to establish if they had consumed a substance which may have induced these events,” Seychelles police said in a statement. “The description of the two men from friends and family was in stark contrast to what sounded like a pretty hard partying night,” Urbina said.Ī neighbor of Reynolds’, Monika Connelly, told the Times that the Reynoldses did not drink alcohol. “I’m absolutely clueless as to what happened.”Īlthough substance abuse is a known problem among veterans, acquaintances of Reynolds’ and Kennedy’s told the New York Times they were shocked at the idea that either man had used heroin. They’re all great guys,” said Tom Rothrauff, president of Trident Group, a Virginia-based maritime security services firm that employed them. Surveillance images indicate that they met two women in the hall in front of the second casino and “walked down a dark corridor” with them, Urbina said.Ī colleague who had gone to check in with one of the men in a cabin found them at 4:30 p.m. “The two (former) Navy SEALs ended up closing that (second) casino and were politely asked to go at the end of the evening,” Urbina said.
New York Times reporter Ian Urbina told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin that according to staff where the men are said to have been on that night out, Reynolds and Kennedy were “outgoing” and “having a great time” and drank tequila shots and vodka with sailors from New Zealand. The night before their bodies were discovered, the men went to two bars, followed by two casinos, the New York Times reported, in Port of Victoria, Seychelles. Such questions are made more mysterious by friends, family and others who knew the men and told the New York Times that after their years in the military, they had readjusted well to civilian life.
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Why did they die together? How did the drugs and syringe get into their cabin? What series of events contributed to their deaths? More than a week after their bodies were discovered, many questions surround the deaths of Jeffrey Reynolds and Mark Kennedy, both 44 years old.
Seychelles police say the autopsy found the cause of death to be “respiratory failure, with suspicion of myocardial infarction (heart attack).” The presence of a syringe and traces of heroin in the cabin have led to a suspicion of drug use, police said. Tom Hanks: I want to be true to 'Captain Phillips'
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