A Nevada couple were mysteriously found dead in their hotel room in Mexico, and their children now say they may never know how they died.
Lindsay and Nick Jordan were found dead in their hotel room in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on July 14, where they had traveled with work friends to celebrate Lindsay’s 46th birthday. The Reno Gazette reports.
Since then, his son, Deven Simms, has been reviewing and translating police records trying to figure out what happened.
He said Mexican authorities believe his parents’ deaths were caused by drugs, but there are discrepancies in “every document” about how many drugs were found and what kind.
But because Mexican police ruled their deaths not suspicious, the family does not have the option of conducting independent autopsies in the United States.
Lindsay and Nick Jordan were found dead in their hotel room in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on July 14. They appear in their last photo.
“I know now that we’ll never know,” Deven told the Gazette Journal, noting that his father did not drink, making it impossible to believe his parents could have overdosed on drugs.
“They were there with coworkers,” he said. “They weren’t going to go do that.”
The children shared how excited their parents were to go on the trip and sent them photos from the Mexican reportage of the first two days of their trip.
In her latest Facebook post on July 12, featuring photos overlooking the pool and ocean, Lindsay said it “wasn’t too bad from our room for our long weekend.”
The last photo of the couple, looking happy and smiling while having lunch at the resort, was taken by a friend.
“They were just happy and excited to be on this trip,” said their daughter, Haley, 19.
Mexican authorities ruled they had died of drug overdose, but their son says there are discrepancies in every document
But on the morning of July 14, Deven said her parents’ friends came to her hotel room after failing to show up early that morning to discuss plans.
They were then evacuated by police and hotel staff.
Deven said friends from work called him after learning his parents had passed away.
She then called Haley to give her the bad news and they agreed to meet at her parents’ house in Reno, Nevada, to tell her younger sister, Sammy, when she returned from a trip to Disneyland with their grandmother.
“We said it as directly as possible,” Deven said. “I didn’t want her to have questions or not know right away that they were no longer with us.”
But when they told the 12-year-old wrestling prodigy, she ran out of the backyard, through the house and into her mother’s car.
Then he sat in the passenger seat in the entryway.
“That’s where, at that time, she felt closest to my mom because she took Sammy everywhere,” Haley said.
She said she was standing by the car door while her brother climbed into the driver’s seat.
“We just wanted to surround her,” Haley said. “We wanted her to know she wasn’t alone.”
An online fundraiser has been set up to help support the Jordans’ three children.
Nevada Elite Wrestling said after the incident that it “suffered a tremendous loss for our wrestling family.”
‘Nick and Lindsay Jordan’s courage always brought light to any room they entered,’ the sports club said. he wrote on Facebook.
‘They were the most generous people, and if you had the chance to be around them, you knew how special they were.
‘The Jordans supported EVERYTHING for our club, always donating their time, talent and money,’ he added.
TO GoFundMe It was created by the mother’s former workplace “to help support Nick and Lindsay’s children as they face the challenge of life without their parents.”
He said his goal is to “ease the financial burden during this incredibly difficult time,” and that the funds will go toward funeral expenses and support to help raise Sammy and continue his wrestling career.
In an update on Monday, the organizer wrote that contributions have covered funeral expenses “and the additional support is helping to provide stability for the children as they adjust to life without their parents.”
