Police within the U.S. Virgin Islands are offering additional information concerning the death of a New Hampshire native that occurred on the island of St. John.On Monday, the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department mentioned the hospital employees on the Myrah Keating-Smith Clinic indicated that 42-year-old Jamie Cail was in cardiac arrest when she was delivered to the medical facility by her boyfriend and a buddy. Police had beforehand mentioned that CPR was rendered, however that Cail had “succumbed to her ailment.”Virgin Islands police mentioned the Myrah Keating-Smith Clinic notified detectives about Cail’s death shortly earlier than 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21.According to police, Cail’s boyfriend left a St. John bar shortly earlier than 12:10 a.m. Tuesday to examine on her at their residence. When he arrived house, he found Cail on the ground. Cail was delivered to a car by her boyfriend and a buddy after which drove to the Myrah Keating-Smith Clinic, the place she was pronounced useless.An post-mortem to find out Cail’s trigger of death continues to be pending, Virgin Islands police mentioned.According to Cail’s household, the New Hampshire native was born in Claremont and was a star swimmer who spent a lot of her youth competing throughout the nation.Cail had been residing on St. John for almost 20 years and labored at a neighborhood espresso store, the place her pals mentioned she interacted with many individuals in the neighborhood.”She was just she was she was a very beautiful person,” one buddy informed WMUR News 9, WCVB’s sister station in Manchester, New Hampshire. “She had a huge heart. She was really loving and kind and well-loved and popular on the island and everybody knows her.”Cail received gold on the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships as a member of the U.S. girls’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay, based on FINA, the International Swimming Federation. She additionally received a silver medal in November 1998 on the FINA Swimming World Cup in Brazil within the girls’s 800-meter freestyle.”USA Swimming is saddened to hear of Jamie Cail’s passing,” mentioned Lindsay Mintenko, managing director of the U.S. nationwide swimming group. “Jamie was a proud member of our National Teams in the late 1990s and was a cherished teammate. We extend our condolences to Jamie’s friends and family.”As a youngster, Cail spent a while on the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, a non-public college-preparatory faculty often called a swimming and diving powerhouse.Former Bolles swimmer Jooyoung Lee mentioned he “never met anyone who had a work ethic like Jamie.”He mentioned she would push herself to whole exhaustion throughout coaching.”She was so tough… a serious competitor,” he mentioned. “But outside the pool, she was a very sweet and sensitive person.”Cail was listed within the high 16 athletes nationwide in her age group in not less than 10 occasions in U.S. Swimming’s rankings for the 1996-1997 season.She swam briefly on the University of Southern California earlier than transferring to the University of Maine the place she earned a letter in her solely season. She graduated in 2003.”University of Maine athletics is saddened to learn of the death of former Black Bear swimmer, Jamie Cail,” officers mentioned in an emailed assertion to CNN. “The University of Maine community asks everyone to keep Jamie’s family and friends in their thoughts.”Cail’s death is being investigated by the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau. Anyone with information concerning the case is requested to name 911, Det. J. Carty at 340-693-8880 ext. 5207, Det. S. Rhyner at 340-774-2211 ext. 5572, or Crime Stoppers V.I. tip line at 1-800-222-8477.Information from CNN was used on this report.
Police within the U.S. Virgin Islands are offering additional information concerning the death of a New Hampshire native that occurred on the island of St. John.
On Monday, the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department mentioned the hospital employees on the Myrah Keating-Smith Clinic indicated that 42-year-old Jamie Cail was in cardiac arrest when she was delivered to the medical facility by her boyfriend and a buddy. Police had beforehand mentioned that CPR was rendered, however that Cail had “succumbed to her ailment.”
Virgin Islands police mentioned the Myrah Keating-Smith Clinic notified detectives about Cail’s death shortly earlier than 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21.
According to police, Cail’s boyfriend left a St. John bar shortly earlier than 12:10 a.m. Tuesday to examine on her at their residence. When he arrived house, he found Cail on the ground. Cail was delivered to a car by her boyfriend and a buddy after which drove to the Myrah Keating-Smith Clinic, the place she was pronounced useless.
An post-mortem to find out Cail’s trigger of death continues to be pending, Virgin Islands police mentioned.
According to Cail’s household, the New Hampshire native was born in Claremont and was a star swimmer who spent a lot of her youth competing throughout the nation.
Cail had been residing on St. John for almost 20 years and labored at a neighborhood espresso store, the place her pals mentioned she interacted with many individuals in the neighborhood.
“She was just she was she was a very beautiful person,” one buddy informed WMUR News 9, WCVB’s sister station in Manchester, New Hampshire. “She had a huge heart. She was really loving and kind and well-loved and popular on the island and everybody knows her.”
Cail won gold on the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships as a member of the U.S. girls’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay, based on FINA, the International Swimming Federation. She additionally received a silver medal in November 1998 on the FINA Swimming World Cup in Brazil within the girls’s 800-meter freestyle.
“USA Swimming is saddened to hear of Jamie Cail’s passing,” mentioned Lindsay Mintenko, managing director of the U.S. nationwide swimming group. “Jamie was a proud member of our National Teams in the late 1990s and was a cherished teammate. We extend our condolences to Jamie’s friends and family.”
As a youngster, Cail spent a while on the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, a non-public college-preparatory faculty often called a swimming and diving powerhouse.
Former Bolles swimmer Jooyoung Lee mentioned he “never met anyone who had a work ethic like Jamie.”
He mentioned she would push herself to whole exhaustion throughout coaching.
“She was so tough… a serious competitor,” he mentioned. “But outside the pool, she was a very sweet and sensitive person.”
Cail was listed within the high 16 athletes nationwide in her age group in not less than 10 occasions in U.S. Swimming’s rankings for the 1996-1997 season.
She swam briefly on the University of Southern California earlier than transferring to the University of Maine the place she earned a letter in her solely season. She graduated in 2003.
“University of Maine athletics is saddened to learn of the death of former Black Bear swimmer, Jamie Cail,” officers mentioned in an emailed assertion to CNN. “The University of Maine community asks everyone to keep Jamie’s family and friends in their thoughts.”
Cail’s death is being investigated by the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau. Anyone with information concerning the case is requested to name 911, Det. J. Carty at 340-693-8880 ext. 5207, Det. S. Rhyner at 340-774-2211 ext. 5572, or Crime Stoppers V.I. tip line at 1-800-222-8477.
Information from CNN was used on this report.