An Ohio man died after jumping from a hotel in Colombia.
James Perry, 41, was in a meeting with a group of foreigners and locals in his third-floor room and jumped from the balcony on Thursday night in Medellin.
Hotel staff heard a loud noise caused by Perry’s fall and found him lying in the garden and called the police.
Paramedics rushed Perry to Medellin’s Clínica Occidente, where he underwent emergency surgery.
He was pronounced dead from his injuries shortly after midnight on Friday.
A National Police spokesman confirmed that Perry’s death was “deemed a suicide.”
James Perry (seen here in Dubai in January) reportedly jumped from a hotel balcony in Medellin, Colombia, on Thursday night and died at a clinic shortly after midnight on Friday. Authorities are investigating the incident surrounding the 41-year-old Ohio resident’s death.
According to Colombian outlet El Colombiano, hotel workers found James Perry in the garden before they called police. Paramedics rushed the 41-year-old Ohio resident to Clínica Medellín Oeste, where he underwent emergency surgery and later died.
Online news portal El Colombiano reported that Perry had recently arrived in Medellín for a vacation.
Witnesses said he suddenly jumped off the balcony without saying anything.
Perry’s body was taken to a local morgue while investigators investigate whether he committed suicide, was thrown off the balcony or if it was an accidental death.
Perry is the 35th foreign tourist to die while vacationing in Medellín and the Arruba Valley in 2024. At least 16 of the victims were Americans.
Of the 35 deaths, 14 were reported in the El Poblado neighborhood of Medellín and seven in Laureles. Six of the deaths were recorded as suicides.
James Perry (seen here during a visit to Medellín in November 2023) is the 35th foreign visitor to die in Medellín and the Arruba Valley in 2024
James Perry (pictured during a trip to Medellín in October 2023) is one of 16 Americans who have died in Medellín in 2024.
Mexican Horacio Perez, 54, was shot dead last June while dining at a restaurant in the Provenza neighborhood of Medellin. Three suspects have been arrested.
American Clifford Wilke, 66, was found dead in his room at the Dann Carlton Hotel on June 28 after staff checked his room for missing check-out information.
Chilean actor Alex Araya was found dead in an Airbnb in Medellin last June, after inviting two women to his accommodation following his Tinder date. The two women had left the accommodation for the last time two hours after his arrival.
The U.S. Embassy in Colombia warned travelers about using dating apps in January.
The warning was issued following the deaths of eight Americans in Medellín between November 1 and December 31, 2023.
The embassy said several of the deaths pointed to “possible drug addiction, robbery and overdose and several involved the use of online dating apps” and stressed that tourists should “seriously consider meeting only in public places and avoid isolated locations, such as residences or hotel rooms, where crimes are more likely to occur.”
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