Cause of death revealed as two found dead inside luxury hotel room

John Heathco, 41, and Abby Lutz, 22, had been dead for at least 10 hours when they were found inside a luxury hotel room in Mexico.

John Heathco, 41, and Abby Lutz, 22, were found dead inside a luxury Mexican hotel room.

Two Americans found dead inside their luxury hotel room in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula Tuesday night have been identified — as authorities revealed the pair had been dead for at least 10 hours before their bodies were discovered.

The victims were identified by the Baja California Sur Attorney-General’s Office as John Heathco, 41, and Abby Lutz, 22.

The attorney-general’s office told ABC News the pair’s cause of death was “intoxication by substance to be determined”.

Local authorities first said the pair’s cause of death was inhalation of gas, which has happened to other Americans in Mexico in recent years.

There were no signs of violence on their bodies.

Lutz is from Newport Beach, California, according to the lawyer general’s office.

Lutz is from Newport Beach, California.

There were no signs of violence on their bodies, according to reports.

Paramedics and police discovered the victims at around 9pm Tuesday in their room at the Hotel Rancho Pescadero, a Hyatt property where rooms cost over $500 a night.

Authorities made the tragic discovery after receiving reports that the Americans were unconscious.

Paramedics and police discovered the victims at around 9pm Tuesday in their room at the Hotel Rancho Pescadero.

The pair were pronounced dead at the scene.

The local lawyer general is currently overseeing the investigation.

Last October, three Americans were found dead at a rented apartment in Mexico, apparently of gas inhalation.

And in 2018, a gas leak in a water heater killed an American couple and their two children at a resort in Tulum.

This article was originally published by the New York Post and reproduced with permission