A criminal investigation was launched after a former swimming champion from New Hampshire was found dead inside a home where she lived with her boyfriend.
The authorities are conducting a criminal investigation after 42-year old Jamie Cail was found unresponsive early on February 21 in St John, New Hampshire.
According to the report published by the WMUR, citing USVI police, Cail was later declared dead while her boyfriend, who has not yet been identified, reportedly found her on the floor after leaving a bar about midnight to check on her at their home.
Upon discovering her, Cail’s boyfriend and a friend carried the former swimmer to a vehicle and rushed her to Myrah Keating-Smith Community Health Center.
In the statement released by the police, it was revealed that “Once at the clinic, CPR was rendered and 911 was notified, however, the female succumbed to her ailment.”
The police also claimed that the Criminal Investigation Bureau is currently investigating the former swimming champion’s death after authorities were notified that she was “dead on arrival” at about 2:40 a.m.
Cail rose to fame after competing across the United States in her youth. Her family revealed that she worked at a coffee shop in St. John.
“She was just a very beautiful person. She had a huge heart. She was really loving and kind and well-loved and popular on the island and everybody knows her,” a friend said.
In addition, the New York Post also revealed that “in 1997, she competed for the US at the Pan Pacific Championships and won a gold medal in a relay race, according to swimming news website Swim Swam,” adding that “she also won a silver medal at the 1998-1999 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Brazil.”
“Cail attended the college prep Bolles School — which is known for its swimming program — in Jacksonville, Florida, and several of her school records there still stand, according to Swim Swam. She won several high school state championships in Huntington Beach, California, where she moved to train with the Golden West Swim Club,” the report added.
Following the announcement of Cail’s death, Jooyoung Lee, a sociologist at the University of Toronto, posted on Twitter, saying that he was teammates with the former swimming star in high school.
“Jamie had an unmatched work ethic. She left everything in each practice and became a world class distance swimmer through grit. Rest in peace to a real one,” Lee said.
