Investigators ‘eagerly await’ autopsy of swimming champion found dead by her boyfriend

Jamie Cail’s former high school swim teammate Jooyoung Lee took to Twitter to mourn his sudden death.

Mr Lee, a gun crime expert at the University of Toronto, wrote: ‘Jamie had a work ethic that was second to none. She left it all in every workout and became a world-class long distance swimmer through courage. Rest in peace for a real one.

Jessica DeVries identified herself as Jamie Cail’s cousin on a Facebook tribute page.

“We are all devastated as a family. Pat and Gary, Jamie’s parents live in Maine. They are absolutely shaken to the core. We all mourn together and are incredibly grateful and blessed by the outpouring of love and uplifting experiences you share with us,” she posted.

Friends and family have paid tribute to a former champion swimmer who died after being found unconscious at her home in the US Virgin Islands.

Jamie Cail, 42, was found on the floor by her boyfriend on February 21 after he left a bar to check on her, officials say.

Authorities say the unnamed boyfriend and a friend carried Cail to a vehicle and drove her to the Myrah Keating-Smith Community Health Center.

“Once at the clinic, CPR was rendered and 911 was notified, however, the woman succumbed to her illness,” police said in a statement. Investigators have opened a criminal investigation into his death.

Cail, from New Hampshire, was a top high school and college athlete who was part of a relay team that won gold at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. She later swam for the ‘University of Southern California and the University of Maine.

One of the best high school swimmers of the 1990s has been found dead in the US Virgin Islands. Jamie Cail was just 42 and the cause of death remains a mystery.

The body of the retired swimming champion was discovered in the house she shared with her boyfriend in St John on February 21, according to local police.

Ms. Cail, from Claremont, New Hampshire, was part of a relay team that won gold at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships before enrolling at the University of Maine and competing in his swimming team during the 2000/01 academic year. , according to ABC News.

She is remembered as “one of the best high school swimmers in the country in the 1990s”.

Jamie Cail attended Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida as a teenager. It is a private university preparatory school known to be attended by good swimmers and divers.

Jooyoung Lee, a former swimmer at the school, told CNN he “never met anyone who had a work ethic like Jamie.”

Mr Lee said she will push herself to the limit during workouts.

“She was so tough…a serious contender,” he told the outlet. “But outside the pool, he was a very sweet and sensitive person.”

U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department investigators are “eagerly awaiting” the results of Jamie Cail’s autopsy and toxicology, officials say.

Glen Dratte, director of communications for the department, told CNN it was “crucial” to be accurate.

He told the news network that all of the deaths were reviewed by the Bureau of Criminal Investigations, but added that there were “a lot of moving parts” in the investigation.

US Virgin Islands police reportedly told WMUR in Jamie Cail’s home state of New Hampshire that clinic staff who attempted to resuscitate her indicated she may have died after suffering cardiac arrest, according to network reporter Arielle Mitropoulos.

An autopsy is now scheduled to definitively determine the cause of his death.

The paucity of information surrounding the case has already led true armchair crime fans on Twitter to irresponsibly and baselessly speculate about the role of Ms Cail’s boyfriend in the tragedy and the possibility that an adverse reaction to a Covid vaccine is to blame, but it’s worth reiterating that it’s far too early to say anything definite.

U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department investigators are “eagerly awaiting” the results of Jamie Cail’s autopsy and toxicology, officials say.

Glen Dratte, director of communications for the department, told CNN it was “crucial” to be accurate.

He told the news network that all of the deaths were reviewed by the Bureau of Criminal Investigations, but added that there were “a lot of moving parts” in the investigation.

National Team General Manager Lindsay Mintenko said in a statement that “USA Swimming is saddened to learn of the passing of Jamie Cail. Jamie was a proud member of our National Teams in the late 1990s and was a cherished teammate”.

“We send our condolences to Jamie’s friends and family,” she added, according to WMUR.