Jamie Cail death – live: Swimmer’s autopsy results awaited as ex-police commissioner’s appeal for help revealed

Investigators for the US Virgin Islands Police Department are “anxiously awaiting” Jamie Cail’s autopsy and toxicology results.

Glen Dratte, director of communications for the department, told CNN it was “crucial” to be accurate.

He said that all deaths were looked into by the Criminal Investigations Bureau but added that there were “a lot of moving parts” in the probe.

Cail, 42, was found unresponsive by her boyfriend in their St John home at 12.08am on 21 February, police said.

Cail’s partner and a friend took her to a clinic where she was given CPR before being pronounced dead. A cause of death has not been revealed.

Cail, from New Hampshire, was a top high school and university athlete who was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. She later swam for the University of Maine.

According to police, her unnamed boyfriend had been out at a bar on the night that she died.

Distraught family and friends paid tribute to Cail as a “beautiful person” with a “huge heart”.

Key Points

• US Virgin Islands police launch investigation after Jamie Cail found unresponsive

• Investigators ‘anxiously awaiting’ autopsy results as probe continues

• Virgin Islands' ex-police commissioner called on public for help with criminal investigations

• Heartbroken family and friends pay tribute: ‘Rest in peace to a real one’

• USA Swimming ‘saddened’ by Cail’s death

Anti-vaxxers share video insisting Cail’s death ‘not normal’

12:30 , Joe Sommerlad

As we await news from the US Virgin Islands police on the death of Jamie Cail, the information void is being filled unhelpfully and baselessly by online speculation about the possible cause.

One YouTube video in particular from a media outlet called the Black and White Sports Network is being shared in which the host simply reads out a Breitbart report about her death and insists it is “not normal” for a 42-year-old athlete to pass away so suddenly.

He freely admits that he does not know any more about the case than anyone else but insinuates that an adverse reaction to a Covid-19 vaccine could be to blame.

To reiterate, the authorities have still not given an update on Jamie Cail’s autopsy results or cause of death or said anything more regarding the investigation since announcing its commencement.

Shock death of US swimming champion being probed by authorities

09:30 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

The death of a former swimming champion in the US Virgin Islands is being investigated by authorities after she was found unresponsive by her boyfriend.

Jamie Cail, 42, was found lying on the floor of the house she shared with her boyfriend in the early hours of 21 February.

Read more:

Shock death of US swimming champion being probed by authorities

A celebrated athlete mysteriously died in the Virgin Islands. Here’s everything we know about Jamie Cail’s sudden death

06:30 , Gustaf Kilander

One of the top high school swimmers of the 1990s has been found dead in the US Virgin Islands. Jamie Cail was only 42 years old and the cause of death remains a mystery.

The body of the retired swimming champion was discovered in the home she shared with her boyfriend in St John on 21 February, local police say.

Ms Cail, originally from Claremont, New Hampshire, was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships before she enrolled at the University of Maine and competed as part of its swim team in the 2000/01 academic year, according to ABC News.

She’s being remembered as “one of the best high school swimmers in the country in the 1990s”.

This is everything we know about Jamie Cail:

Everything we know about the death of US swimmer Jamie Cail

Represented US national B team at the FINA World Cup in Brazil

03:30 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Cail, originally from Claremont, New Hampshire, was a teenage swimming champion in the 1990s. She represented the US national B team at the FINA World Cup in Brazil and won a silver medal in the 800m freestyle event in 1998-99.

She won gold in 1997 at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

Cail was reportedly a member of the University of Maine’s women’s swim team in the early 2000s.

VIDEO: Sudden death of former US swim champ Jamie Cail under investigation

00:30 , Gustaf Kilander

Jamie Cail: Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion

Thursday 2 March 2023 21:30 , Graeme Massie

Friends and family have paid tribute to a former champion swimmer who died after being found unresponsive at her home in the US Virgin Islands.

Jamie Cail, 42, was found on the floor by her boyfriend on 21 February after he left a bar to check up on her, according to officials.

Authorities say that the unnamed boyfriend and a friend carried Cail to a vehicle and drove her to the Myrah Keating-Smith Community Health Center.

“Once at the clinic, CPR was rendered and 911 was notified, however, the female succumbed to her ailment,” police said in a statement. Investigators have now launched a criminal investigation into her death.

Read more:

Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion Jamie Cail

Shock death of US swimming champion being probed by authorities

Thursday 2 March 2023 18:30 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

The death of a former swimming champion in the US Virgin Islands is being investigated by authorities after she was found unresponsive by her boyfriend.

Jamie Cail, 42, was found lying on the floor of the house she shared with her boyfriend in the early hours of 21 February.

Read more:

Shock death of US swimming champion being probed by authorities

A celebrated athlete mysteriously died in the Virgin Islands. Here’s everything we know about Jamie Cail’s sudden death

Thursday 2 March 2023 15:30 , Joe Sommerlad

One of the top high school swimmers of the 1990s has been found dead in the US Virgin Islands. Jamie Cail was only 42 years old and the cause of death remains a mystery.

The body of the retired swimming champion was discovered in the home she shared with her boyfriend in St John on 21 February, local police say.

Ms Cail, originally from Claremont, New Hampshire, was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships before she enrolled at the University of Maine and competed as part of its swim team in the 2000/01 academic year, according to ABC News.

She’s being remembered as “one of the best high school swimmers in the country in the 1990s”.

This is everything we know about Jamie Cail:

Everything we know about the death of US swimmer Jamie Cail

Family ‘absolutely shook to the core'

Thursday 2 March 2023 13:30 , Gustaf Kilander

Jessica DeVries wrote on Facebook that Ms Cail was her cousin.

“We are all devastated as a family. Pat and Gary, Jamie’s parents are living in Maine,” she wrote.

“They are absolutely shook to the core. We are all mourning together and are unbelievably grateful and blessed by the outpouring of love and uplifting experiences you are sharing with us,” she added.

Virgin Islands' ex-police commissioner called on public for help with criminal investigations

Thursday 2 March 2023 11:30 , Joe Sommerlad

Rodney Querrard, former commissioner to the US Virgin Islands Police Department, wrote an op-ed for The Virgin Islands Daily News that was published a day after the death of Jamie Cail in which he made an appeal to the public to come forward with any information about homicides on the island, Fox News reports.

Without mentioning Cail’s death, which is being investigated as a criminal case but about which details remain scarce, Mr Querrard appealed for witnesses and evidence to help solve major crimes, saying it was difficult for the police to substantiate suspicions without public support.

He said there have already been five homicides in the jurisdiction since the start of the new year and asked: "Why is this happening? Why is this continuing to happen? Why do so many cases go unsolved?

“The only answer I have is, as long as we continue to be complacent and see (don’t see), and hear (don’t hear), it will continue.”

He said that the majority of violence in the territory arose from conflicts between criminal gangs and drug dealers but warned that such figures would be emboldened if residents stayed silent.

He advised readers to call in anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-TIPS to help investigators.

USA Swimming issues statement following Cail’s death

Thursday 2 March 2023 10:00 , Gustaf Kilander

The managing director of the National Team, Lindsay Mintenko, said in a statement that “USA Swimming is saddened to hear of Jamie Cail’s passing. Jamie was a proud member of our National Teams in the late 1990s and was a cherished teammate”.

“We extend our condolences to Jamie’s friends and family,” she added, according to WMUR.

Loved ones remember Cail

Thursday 2 March 2023 08:00 , Joe Sommerlad

“She was just a very beautiful person,” a friend told ABC affiliate WMUR out of Manchester, New Hampshire. “She had a huge heart. She was really loving and kind and well-loved and popular on the island and everybody knows her.”

“Everyone from the, you know, older generational, local families to the younger people, everybody loved her,” the friend said, adding that Ms Cail had been working at a coffee shop on the island.

Investigators ‘anxiously awaiting’ autopsy results as probe continues

Thursday 2 March 2023 06:00 , The Independent

Investigators for the US Virgin Islands Police Department are “anxiously awaiting” Jamie Cail’s autopsy and toxicology result, according to officials.

Glen Dratte, director of communications for the department, told CNN that it was “crucial” to be accurate.

He told the news network that all deaths were looked into by the Criminal Investigations Bureau but added that there was “a lot of moving parts” in the probe.

A celebrated athlete mysteriously died in the Virgin Islands. Here’s everything we know about Jamie Cail’s sudden death

Thursday 2 March 2023 04:00 , Gustaf Kilander and Joe Sommerlad

One of the top high school swimmers of the 1990s has been found dead in the US Virgin Islands. Jamie Cail was only 42 years old and the cause of death remains a mystery.

The body of the retired swimming champion was discovered in the home she shared with her boyfriend in St John on 21 February, local police say.

Ms Cail, originally from Claremont, New Hampshire, was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships before she enrolled at the University of Maine and competed as part of its swim team in the 2000/01 academic year, according to ABC News.

She’s being remembered as “one of the best high school swimmers in the country in the 1990s”.

This is everything we know about Jamie Cail:

Everything we know about the death of US swimmer Jamie Cail

Jamie Cail: Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion

Thursday 2 March 2023 02:00 , Graeme Massie

Friends and family have paid tribute to a former champion swimmer who died after being found unresponsive at her home in the US Virgin Islands.

Jamie Cail, 42, was found on the floor by her boyfriend on 21 February after he left a bar to check up on her, according to officials.

Authorities say that the unnamed boyfriend and a friend carried Cail to a vehicle and drove her to the Myrah Keating-Smith Community Health Center.

“Once at the clinic, CPR was rendered and 911 was notified, however, the female succumbed to her ailment,” police said in a statement. Investigators have now launched a criminal investigation into her death.

Cail, from New Hampshire, was a top high school and university athlete who was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. She later swam for both the University of Southern California and the University of Maine.

Read more:

Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion Jamie Cail

Photos show Cail’s swimming career

Thursday 2 March 2023 00:00 , Gustaf Kilander

University of Maine athletics issues statement following death of Jamie Cail

Wednesday 1 March 2023 22:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Jamie Cail graduated from the University of Maine in 2003.

“University of Maine athletics is saddened to learn of the death of former Black Bear swimmer, Jamie Cail,” the school said in a statement to CNN. “The University of Maine community asks everyone to keep Jamie’s family and friends in their thoughts.”

‘Rest in peace to a real one’

Wednesday 1 March 2023 21:00 , Graeme Massie

Jamie Cail’s former high school swim teammate Jooyoung Lee took to Twitter to mourn her sudden death.

Mr Lee, a gun crime expert at the University of Toronto, wrote: “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.”

Cousin pays tribute to Jamie Cail

Wednesday 1 March 2023 20:00 , Graeme Massie

Jessica DeVries identified herself as Jamie Cail’s cousin on a tribute page on Facebook.

“We are all devastated as a family. Pat and Gary, Jamie’s parents are living in Maine. They are absolutely shook to the core. We are all mourning together and are unbelievably grateful and blessed by the outpouring of love and uplifting experiences you are sharing with us,” she posted.

Jamie Cail: Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion

Wednesday 1 March 2023 19:00 , Graeme Massie

Friends and family have paid tribute to a former champion swimmer who died after being found unresponsive at her home in the US Virgin Islands.

Jamie Cail, 42, was found on the floor by her boyfriend on 21 February after he left a bar to check up on her, according to officials.

Authorities say that the unnamed boyfriend and a friend carried Cail to a vehicle and drove her to the Myrah Keating-Smith Community Health Center.

“Once at the clinic, CPR was rendered and 911 was notified, however, the female succumbed to her ailment,” police said in a statement. Investigators have now launched a criminal investigation into her death.

Cail, from New Hampshire, was a top high school and university athlete who was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. She later swam for both the University of Southern California and the University of Maine.

Read more:

Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion Jamie Cail

A celebrated athlete mysteriously died in the Virgin Islands. Here’s everything we know about Jamie Cail’s sudden death

Wednesday 1 March 2023 18:00 , Gustaf Kilander and Joe Sommerlad

One of the top high school swimmers of the 1990s has been found dead in the US Virgin Islands. Jamie Cail was only 42 years old and the cause of death remains a mystery.

The body of the retired swimming champion was discovered in the home she shared with her boyfriend in St John on 21 February, local police say.

Ms Cail, originally from Claremont, New Hampshire, was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships before she enrolled at the University of Maine and competed as part of its swim team in the 2000/01 academic year, according to ABC News.

She’s being remembered as “one of the best high school swimmers in the country in the 1990s”.

This is everything we know about Jamie Cail:

Everything we know about the death of US swimmer Jamie Cail

VIDEO: Sudden death of former US swim champ Jamie Cail under investigation

Wednesday 1 March 2023 17:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Former teammate says he ‘never met anyone who had a work ethic like Jamie'

Wednesday 1 March 2023 16:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Jamie Cail attended Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida as a teen. It’s a private college-preparatory school known for being attended by strong swimmers and divers.

Jooyoung Lee, a former swimmer at the school, told CNN that he “never met anyone who had a work ethic like Jamie”.

Mr Lee said she would push herself to the limit during workouts.

“She was so tough … a serious competitor,” he told the outlet. “But outside the pool, she was a very sweet and sensitive person.”

Investigators ‘anxiously awaiting’ autopsy results as probe continues

Wednesday 1 March 2023 15:00 , The Independent

Investigators for the US Virgin Islands Police Department are “anxiously awaiting” Jamie Cail’s autopsy and toxicology result, according to officials.

Glen Dratte, director of communications for the department, told CNN that it was “crucial” to be accurate.

He told the news network that all deaths were looked into by the Criminal Investigations Bureau but added that there were “a lot of moving parts” in the probe.

Report: Cardiac arrest may be to blame for Jamie Cail’s death

Wednesday 1 March 2023 14:11 , The Independent

Police in the US Virgin Islands have reportedly told WMUR in Jamie Cail’s home state of New Hampshire that staff at the clinic that attempted to revive her indicated that she may have passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to the network’s reporter Arielle Mitropoulos.

An autopsy has now been scheduled to definitively determine her cause of death.

The scarcity of information surrounding the case has already led armchair true crime fans on Twitter to irresponsibly and baselessly speculate about the role of Ms Cail’s boyfriend in the tragedy and the possibility that an adverse reaction to a Covid vaccine might be to blame but it is worth reiterating that it is far too soon to say anything definite.

Investigators ‘anxiously awaiting’ Cail autopsy and toxicology results

Wednesday 1 March 2023 13:01 , Graeme Massie

Investigators for the US Virgin Islands Police Department are “anxiously awaiting” Jamie Cail’s autopsy and toxicology result, according to officials.

Glen Dratte, director of communications for the department, told CNN that it was “crucial” to be accurate.

He told the news network that all deaths were looked into by the Criminal Investigations Bureau but added that there were “a lot of moving parts” in the probe.

USA Swimming issues statement following Cail’s death

Wednesday 1 March 2023 12:03 , Graeme Massie

The managing director of the National Team, Lindsay Mintenko, said in a statement that “USA Swimming is saddened to hear of Jamie Cail’s passing. Jamie was a proud member of our National Teams in the late 1990s and was a cherished teammate”.

“We extend our condolences to Jamie’s friends and family,” she added, according to WMUR.

Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion

Wednesday 1 March 2023 11:03 , Graeme Massie

Friends and family have paid tribute to a former champion swimmer who died after being found unresponsive at her home in the US Virgin Islands.

Jamie Cail, 42, was found on the floor by her boyfriend on 21 February after he left a bar to check up on her, according to officials.

Authorities say that the unnamed boyfriend and a friend carried Cail to a vehicle and drove her to the Myrah Keating-Smith Community Health Center.

“Once at the clinic, CPR was rendered and 911 was notified, however, the female succumbed to her ailment,” police said in a statement. Investigators have now launched a criminal investigation into her death.

Cail, from New Hampshire, was a top high school and university athlete who was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. She later swam for both the University of Southern California and the University of Maine.

Read more:

Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion Jamie Cail

‘We are all devastated as a family,’ cousin writes

Wednesday 1 March 2023 09:02 , Graeme Massie

Jessica DeVries wrote on Facebook that Ms Cail was her cousin.

“We are all devastated as a family. Pat and Gary, Jamie’s parents are living in Maine,” she wrote.

“They are absolutely shook to the core. We are all mourning together and are unbelievably grateful and blessed by the outpouring of love and uplifting experiences you are sharing with us,” she added.

A celebrated athlete mysteriously died in the Virgin Islands. Here’s everything we know about Jamie Cail’s sudden death

Wednesday 1 March 2023 07:05 , Graeme Massie

One of the top high school swimmers of the 1990s has been found dead in the US Virgin Islands. Jamie Cail was only 42 years old and the cause of death remains a mystery.

The body of the retired swimming champion was discovered in the home she shared with her boyfriend in St John on 21 February, local police say.

Ms Cail, originally from Claremont, New Hampshire, was part of a relay team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships before she enrolled at the University of Maine and competed as part of its swim team in the 2000/01 academic year, according to ABC News.

She’s being remembered as “one of the best high school swimmers in the country in the 1990s”.

This is everything we know about Jamie Cail:

Everything we know about the death of US swimmer Jamie Cail

VIDEO: Sudden death of former US swim champ Jamie Cail under investigation

Wednesday 1 March 2023 06:04 , Graeme Massie

Photos show Cail’s swimming career

Wednesday 1 March 2023 05:03 , Graeme Massie

Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion

Wednesday 1 March 2023 04:05 , Graeme Massie

Friends and family have paid tribute to the former champion swimmer on social media.

Here’s Graeme Massie’s report.

Family and friends pay tribute following death of former swimming champion Jamie Cail

A celebrated athlete mysteriously died in the Virgin Islands. Here’s everything we know about Jamie Cail’s sudden death

Wednesday 1 March 2023 03:01 , Graeme Massie

Top high school and university athlete found unresponsive by boyfriend at shared residence in US Virgin Islands on 21 February.

Everything we know about the death of US swimmer Jamie Cail

Report: Cardiac arrest may be to blame for Jamie Cail’s death

Wednesday 1 March 2023 02:01 , Graeme Massie

Police in the US Virgin Islands have reportedly told WMUR in Jamie Cail’s home state of New Hampshire that staff at the clinic that attempted to revive her indicated that she may have passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to the network’s reporter Arielle Mitropoulos.

An autopsy has now been scheduled to definitively determine her cause of death.

The scarcity of information surrounding the case has already led armchair true crime fans on Twitter to irresponsibly and baselessly speculate about the role of Ms Cail’s boyfriend in the tragedy and the possibility that an adverse reaction to a Covid vaccine might be to blame but it is worth reiterating that it is far too soon to say anything definite.

Loved ones remember Cail

Wednesday 1 March 2023 01:01 , Graeme Massie

“She was just a very beautiful person,” a friend told ABC affiliate WMUR out of Manchester, New Hampshire. “She had a huge heart. She was really loving and kind and well-loved and popular on the island and everybody knows her.”

“Everyone from the, you know, older generational, local families to the younger people, everybody loved her,” the friend said, adding that Ms Cail had been working at a coffee shop on the island.

Ex-swimmer shares memories of former teammate

Tuesday 28 February 2023 18:00 , Gustaf Kilander

Jooyoung Lee shared his memories of his former teammate on Twitter.

“Very sad to hear that my [high school] friend and teammate, Jamie Cail ... has passed away,” he tweeted.

“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,” he added.

“I remember we used to do dry land training to supplement swimming. One set was 10 x 1 minute rapid jumps while holding weights over one’s head. Most of us would hold 10 pound weights. Jamie would hoist a 45 pound plate above her head and push through pain. She was a real one,” he said.

He added that “my friend, Ashley Ellis (on the far left) shared with me on Facebook that I took this photo after they broke the national high school record in the women’s 4 x 100 Freestyle relay. Just feeling all kinds of sad today, realizing how life takes us all in different directions”.

Case under investigation

Tuesday 28 February 2023 16:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Local police said in their statement announcing her death that the case is under review by the Criminal Investigation Bureau but has offered few other details.

Mr Cail’s boyfriend, who remains unnamed, returned from a bar at around 12.08am on Tuesday “to check on his girlfriend,” finding his partner lying unresponsive on the floor, the police statement said.

A friend helped him to get her into a car and she was taken to the nearby Myrah Keating-Smith Clinic.

She was declared dead on arrival at the scene, after CPR attempts and a call to 911. Her boyfriend identified her after her death was declared. Police were notified of her death at around 2.39am, authorities said.

Report: Cardiac arrest may be to blame for Jamie Cail’s death

Tuesday 28 February 2023 10:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Police in the US Virgin Islands have reportedly told WMUR in Jamie Cail’s home state of New Hampshire that staff at the clinic that attempted to revive her indicated that she may have passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to the network’s reporter Arielle Mitropoulos.

An autopsy has now been scheduled to definitively determine her cause of death.

The scarcity of information surrounding the case has already led armchair true crime fans on Twitter to irresponsibly and baselessly speculate about the role of Ms Cail’s boyfriend in the tragedy and the possibility that an adverse reaction to a Covid vaccine might be to blame but it is worth reiterating that it is far too soon to say anything definite.

Everything we know about the death of the US swimming champion

Tuesday 28 February 2023 09:01 , Graeme Massie

The US Virgin Islands Police Department is investigating the sudden and unexplained death of former top university swimmer Jamie Cail.

Here’s everything we know so far about the case.

Everything we know about the death of US swimmer Jamie Cail

Sudden death of former US swim champ Jamie Cail under investigation

Tuesday 28 February 2023 07:34 , Graeme Massie

Former teammate pays tribute to Jaime Cail

Tuesday 28 February 2023 06:04 , Graeme Massie

Jooyoung Lee took to Twitter to remember his high school teammate.

“Very sad to hear that my hs friend and teammate, Jamie Cail (in the middle with the Bolles suit), has passed away. 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,” he tweeted.

“I remember we used to do dry land training to supplement swimming. One set was 10 x 1 minute rapid jumps while holding weights over one’s head. Most of us would hold 10 pound weights. Jamie would hoist a 45 pound plate above her head and push through pain. She was a real one.”