A male tourist from the United States who had checked into a hotel in the capital city of Costa Rica lost his life in the late hours of Friday. Such was the information contained in a preliminary report filed by metro reporter Daniel Chinchilla Salazar of daily tabloid Diario Extra; however, few details have been provided about the unfortunate demise.

According to the report published by Diario Extra on its Saturday edition, the incident took place in a hotel located near the Francisco Morazán Park in Downtown San Jose; the name of the establishment was not revealed, but the report included a photograph of the Hotel Diana, located in front of the southwest corner of the park. There are various hotels in this part of the city; they range from the upscale to the boutique and from hostels to love motels; the Hotel Diana falls somewhere between a budget inn and a love motel. This area is also part of the “Gringo Gulch,” a notorious hotspot for sexual tourism in Costa Rica.

Apparently, the man had checked into the hotel during the evening and returned later with his wife. The couple appeared to have fallen asleep for the night; alas, bloodcurdling screams emanated from the room hours later.

Hotel staff rushed to the room and found the lifeless body of their guest from the United States in bed. Meanwhile, his wife was in a state of shock and unable to explain what happened. Once the staff determined that the man was completely unresponsive, they called the Red Cross.

After a few minutes of lifesaving procedures and assessments, the emergency medical personnel on scene pronounced the man dead and notified the medical examiner and the Office of Judicial Investigations (Spanish initials: OIJ). Diario Extra further explained that the man appeared to have a strange wound on his face. The cause of death has not yet been determined, and there is no information as to how long the decedent had been in Costa Rica.