WILLEMSTAD - A Dutch tourist drowned in a swimming pool at her vacation home last Saturday afternoon. Around 4:30 PM, the Otrobanda police station received a report of a possible drowning. The woman was on vacation in Curaçao with several family members.
At the time of the incident, she was alone at the house. When the family members returned, they found the victim face down in the pool, unresponsive.
The family immediately intervened, pulling the woman from the water and attempting to resuscitate her, but to no avail.
Technical and tactical investigators have been called in to further investigate the circumstances of the incident. By order of the Public Prosecutor, the woman's body has been seized for further examination, along with several items from the scene.