American swimmer found dead in US Virgin Islands, investigation underway

Former US swimmer dies in the US Virgin Islandsaccording to police, who say her boyfriend took her to the hospital, where she was pronounced “dead” upon arrival.

Jamie Cale, 42, was originally from New Hampshire and lived in Cruz Bay on St. John’s Island.

Virgin Islands police did not release boyfriend’s name on the incident statement and did not immediately respond to calls or emails from Fox News Digital Monday.

According to authorities, the boyfriend came home from a bar shortly after midnight on February 21 and found Cale on the floor of their common house.

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According to police, he and a friend took her to the Mira Keating-Smith clinic, where medical staff were unable to resuscitate her.

Virgin Islands police opened crime investigation and are asking anyone with information on the case to contact detectives or call 911.

According to SwimSwama news site dedicated to competitive swimming and other water sports, Cale was a teenager on the gold medal-winning US 800 relay team at the 1997 Pacific Championships.

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The following year, she won silver in the same event at the World Swimming Championships in Brazil.

She still holds several records in the 15 to 16 age group at the Bolles School in St. Jacksonville, Florida according to the publication, he won two competitions at the California State High School Championships and eventually swam at the University of Southern California.

Cale’s death came almost two years after a strange, unsolved disappearance another woman on Saint John.

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Sharm Heslop, a 41-year-old Briton who dated and lived with the American yachtsman on a catamaran, was last seen at the Cruz Bay bar on March 7, 2021.

Boy, man from michigan named Ryan Bain, called 911 around 2:30 the next morning to report her missing.

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Police advised him to contact the US Coast Guard if she fell off his 47-foot Siren Song catamaran. He did it around 11:45. She was not found.

The Virgin Islands police were criticized for never obtaining a search warrant. for yachts.

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