Two More Young Tourists Suffer Mysterious Deaths in Asia

PHI PHI ISLAND, Thailand -- A string of mysterious tourist deaths in Southeast Asia, which investigators suspect may be from poisoning, have left friends and family desperate for answers. Kari Bowerman, 27, and Cathy Huynh, 26, were backpacking in Vietnam while on break from their jobs teaching English in South Korea. On July 30, the friends were admitted to Khanh Hoa General Hospital in Nha Trang. Both were vomiting, had difficulty breathing and showed signs of severe dehydration. Huynh was eventually released from the hospital. She returned later that night to hear the devastating news -- three hours after being admitted, Bowerman had gone into respiratory failure and died. Two days later, Huynh was dead. The travelers' stories are just the latest in a string of mysterious tourist deaths in Southeast Asia.

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