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PassPort Bro Died While on a Solo Trip to Colombia · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Before departing from New York City to Columbia in late February,
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  Omar Watson made a solemn promise to his mother just
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  moments prior to entering a ride share vehicle bound for
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  the airport. They embraced in the kitchen of their Brooklyn residence.
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  She reiterated her sole request for him whenever he traveled.
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  I told him, Omar, if nothing else, make sure every
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  time you get into your airbnb at night, you message
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  me and say, Mummy, I'm okay. Hyacinth Watson recounted to CNN.
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  He assured her he would comply. After his first full
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  day in Bogata, on February twenty fourth, her thirty one
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  year old son sent her a message. He continued to
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  check in on the second and third days. However, on
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  the fourth night he failed to reach out, prompting her
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  to call him instead. That conversation marked the last time
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  she heard his voice. On the afternoon of February twenty ninth,
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  less than forty eight hours after their call, Omar Watson
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  was discovered deceased in the bathroom of his airbnb. According
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  to a police report from Bogatar, his American passport was
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  found on a wooden dresser near the entrance of the
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  apartment unit, but his phone, iPad and wallet were missing,
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  as stated by his mother. Just prior to Watson's visit,
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  the United States Embassy in Bogata issued a caution regarding
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  eight suspicious fatalities of American citizens in Medeline that occurred
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  between November one and December thirty one. The previous year,
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  the Embassy had alerted travelers that robbers were using scopolamine,
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  a substance colloquially referred to as Devil's breath, to incapacitate
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  tourists in the region. Hyacinth Watson had taken note of
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  the Embassy's alert and became increasingly concerned that her son
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  might have two days of silence and then a dreaded
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  phone call. Before departing from New York City to Columbia
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  in late February, Omar Watson made a solemn promise to
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  his mother, just moments prior to entering a ride share
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  vehicle bound for the airport. They embraced in the kitchen
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  of their Brooklyn residence. She reiterated her sole request for
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  him whenever he traveled. I told him, Omar, if nothing else,
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  make sure every time you get into your Airbnb at night,
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  you message me and say Mommy, I'm okay, Hyacinth Watson
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  recounted to CNN he assured her he would comply. After
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  his first full day in Bogatar, on February twenty fourth,
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  her thirty one year old son sent her a message.
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  He continued to check in on the second and third days. However,
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  on the fourth night, he failed to reach out, prompting
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  her to call him instead. That conversation marked the last
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  time she heard his voice. On the afternoon of February
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  twenty ninth, less than forty eight hours after their call,
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  Omar Watson was discovered deceased in the bathroom of his
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  airbn B. According to a police report from Bogatar, his
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  American passport was found on a wooden dresser near the
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  entrance of the apartment unit, but his phone, iPad and
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  wallet were missing, as stated by his mother. Thus commenced
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  Hyacinth Watson's five months struggle to uncover the circumstances surrounding
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  her only child's death in a foreign country over two
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  thousand miles away. Deprived of her son's phone, which might
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  have provided vital information, the grieving mother was left to
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  ponder how did he spend his final days, was he
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  alone at the time of his death within the white
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  stucco apartment building, and why did his red canvas suitcase,
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  which arrived months later, contain women's clothing alongside his belongings. Finally,
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  the family learns about the autopsy results. For several months,
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  Watson sought to uncover the circumstances surrounding her son's death,
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  as well as the fate of his wallet and electronic devices.
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  She reached out to the US Embassy, which informed her
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  in March that the autopsy results would be available in
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  three months, according to her account, in her desperate quest
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  for answers, she attempted to contact the owner of the
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  Airbnb property, but her efforts were in vain. The host
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  of the Airbnb mentioned in the investigator's report declined to
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  provide any information when approached by CNN through the app
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  regard guarding Watson's death. I'm sorry, but I don't have
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  any information about that, the host replied in a message.
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  Airbnb stated that such incidents are uncommon during stays and
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  has implemented measures for both hosts and guests, including a
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  twenty four hour safety hotline and an InApp emergency services
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  feature that connects users with local law enforcement. Watson informed
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  CNN in late July that she had yet to receive
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  any autopsy or toxicology reports. I don't know what happened
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  down there. I cannot get any answers. I keep trying
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  to get information, but nobody is listening to me, she expressed.
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  An autopsy was performed, but I have not received any
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  results until CNN reached out to help. The autopsy concluded
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  that Omar Watson died from interlobular pulmonary thromboembolism linked to
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  write deep vein thrombosis to determining the cause of death
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  to be natural. The forensic investigator also ruled out any
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  signs of violence or trauma to the body. In early August,
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  CNN contacted the Columbia Attorney General's office, which his response
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  a