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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

DEAD ON VACATION: Father demands answers about daughter’s mysterious death at Cancun resort

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Abbey Conner, 20, and her brother Austin, 22, were both found floating in the pool-side bar at an Iberostar hotel in Playa del Carmen. Abbey Conner died days later, but her brother recovered. Local police did not question the bartender or other witnesses before declaring it an accident, according to the father. Reports say the pair consumed allegedly "poisonous" alcohol. Joining Nancy Grace today:Bill Conner - Victim's Father Gary Davidson - Partner, Diaz Reus international Law Firm & Alliance, www.diazreus.com, Twitter: @DRT_Alliance, Instagram: diazreustarg Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, www.drbethanymarshall.com, New Netflix show: 'Bling Empire'  Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous Liaisons" on True Crime Network Raquel Rutledge - Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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0:00.0

a beautiful young college student goes on vacation with her family. Her whole family is there. How does she end up dead?

0:16.7

When they pulled her out of the pool, obviously Abby was dead. She was already gone. But Austin was lucky enough that they pulled him out in time and he fully recovered, obviously, but Abby was on life support.

0:43.7

Obviously, we're hoping that put near in a coma might bring her back. But once I got down the fort Lauderdale where they met flight at her into.

0:52.7

Obviously, I knew the situation at that point that she wasn't coming back.

0:57.7

Just hearing his words since the chill down my spine, you are hearing my now who I consider to be a friend. That's Bill Connor.

1:08.7

Abby's dad. How does it go from I'm already all excited about our family vacation this summer. How does it go from that thrill of taking your children somewhere to this and joining me today is Abby's dad.

1:27.7

Bill, along with an all star panel, you were hearing Bill just then, but in addition to Bill Connor joining me today, Raquel Rutledge, investigate every porter. And let me say crack investigate every porter because she cracked this and other cases just like it wide open.

1:47.7

When I read her stories and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel USA today as well. Wow. She hit the nail on the head. You've got to hear this before you go on vacation. Also with me, Professor forensics, Jacksonville State University author of Blood Beneath my feet on Amazon with me, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan.

2:09.7

Renowned psycho analyst joining us out of L.A. She's a psycho analyst to the stars. She's now in a hit series on Netflix, bling empire and you can find her a doctor Bethany Marshall dot com Gary David son partner in high profile law firm, DS,

2:27.7

International Law firm and alliance. This is one of his specialties and boy do we need an international lawyer today and special guest joining us is Bill Connor. This is Abby's dad and Austin's dad.

2:45.7

And he has come to symbolize the fight to end what happened to his girl Abby. In fact, he's so committed. He even created Abby's ride for life. It's an incredible bikeathon.

3:03.7

First, I want to go to Bill Connor about this built when I hear you speaking about what happened with Abby. I know I've put you through this before. But would you please tell our listeners what happened all our listeners that are heading out to vacation.

3:27.7

What happened? Well, it was a vacation with their mom and stepdad and her brother. They were taking their spring break for college and they were going down the cancun to relax for a couple of days and.

3:45.7

Unfortunately, they ran into the wrong services. They checked into their hotel and. This was like a five star hotel incredible hotel. You know, I think I told you when I was learning to dive, I learned in the Queens, YMCA pool.

4:06.7

But then you had to do an open water dive and the diamond structure offered a cheap trip down and I did open water dives and died also died at cancun. I didn't see much because I was underwater every single day.

4:21.7

But the place where Abby was staying was really beautiful like marble floors palm trees, the works.

4:30.7

And they had two other pools. Until this day, we still don't know which pool they ended up in, but they did leave the bar. Unfortunately, they weren't covering all their pools.

4:50.7

And so our kids fell into one of the pools. And as we you talked about earlier, unfortunately, Abby didn't make it and they, one of the somebody on the property saw the kids but pulled Austin out and.

5:06.7

Austin fully recovered and it was.

5:09.7

Something that unfortunately their mom and stepdad went up to the room were waiting for them to come up and they never came up. So when they, they came down, they were in an ambulance already heading to the hospital.

5:23.7

And so.

5:25.7

It was a dark day.

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