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US citizens dies after falling from hotel balcony

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  Jan 2, CMC – Police are investigating the death of a 36-year-old United States national, who is reported to have fallen from a balcony at a leading hotel here on New Year’s Day.

Police said that Jonathan Claude, 36, from Cypress, Texas, and a registered guest at the hotel, died after falling from a six-storey height.

They said that they believed Claude fell from the hotel’s terrace area.

The hotel has so far made no official  statement on the incident as yet.

CMC/2026