Fight to return Marietta man's body from Panama | FOX 5 News
A metro Atlanta family is trying desperately to bring their loved one back home after he died while on vacation in Panama.
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I worked with Adrian for over a year and a half at the company Im in. He was our FedEx driver, and the work that I did would’ve been for nothing if it weren’t for his help. I’m never gonna forget how excited he was to go to Panama. He talked about it multiple times. That man loved to travel the world and he would always chat about his vacations and his sports teams. He was easily one of the most positive people I worked with. After not seeing him for awhile, my co-worked and I asked where he went to another driver. He had to be the bearer of bad news sadly. I’m never going to forget this man. Even though he would get stressed on the job, he never took it out on anybody. His ability to keep his cool was unmatched, and every time he drove to drop off our packages he was kind, funny, and overall a damn good guy to talk to. For that reason, I’m not gonna remember him as our FedEx driver. On behalf of many, I’ll remember him as a friend. We lost a good man. Thank you Adrian. We promise we’ll never forget you 🙏
@leebutz4727
4 ай бұрын
🙏🏿
@arianepreston7570
4 ай бұрын
❤️🙏🏽
@Beoptimistic58
4 ай бұрын
SORRY TO HERE THIS PRAYING 🙏 FOR YOU ALL
@Alkiel
4 ай бұрын
What u think happened ?
@joebidens_touchyhands9477
4 ай бұрын
Probably shot or stabbed. And the authorities won't release the body to the family because they know the family will most likely have a secondary autopsy done in the here in America.
This is outrageous. The U.S. Embassy should be working to get this done without all these barriers.
@MrAmhara
4 ай бұрын
What’s outrageous? They need to prove it’s their loved one with documentation.
@vetinaalvarez4004
4 ай бұрын
Whenever there is rules, there’s always a problem!!!
@antiafrosvengalis
4 ай бұрын
@@MrAmhara It should not take this long.
@adrijackson9429
4 ай бұрын
Real genius request asking for his original passport. Wouldn't it be with the deceased in Panama? All of this is suspicious. Like how does a grown man fall off a third floor balcony?. Was he pushed, was he inebriated or otherwise incapacitated? This story sounds like people in Panama are hiding information. ❤❤❤❤❤to the family and loved ones.
@yvonnehearst585
4 ай бұрын
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 truth comes out - sad
They dont want yall to do an autopsy
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
Yep
Besides getting his remains back to the US, his death is suspicious
@ShaunaRose1111
4 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@Sunshine-vg9uq
4 ай бұрын
very....
@Lightwght
4 ай бұрын
Not really. It could have been a medical episode.
@dkg_gdk
4 ай бұрын
Why?
@nydiasimone
4 ай бұрын
Vey suspicious.
Fallen??????? You mean thrown. Be careful in these other countries when traveling guys. Never travel alone, never drink anything given to you by someone, never do casual hook ups etc. central and South America is extremely dangerous
@blessedchildofgod9112
4 ай бұрын
yop
@danijones819
4 ай бұрын
dont do it in America either
@tigreoro
4 ай бұрын
Bingo!
@sonyab2u974
4 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly
@quinnbella-2023
4 ай бұрын
Not nearly as dangerous as the USA and Africa that’s for sure!
don't bother trying to contact these politicians for help. they're utterly useless.....
@GenX7119
4 ай бұрын
Not all just the ones you voted for
@90skpoplover
4 ай бұрын
@@GenX7119 lol jokes on you, I don't vote. I'm not a sucker like the majority of the population 💀
@falcfvr20
4 ай бұрын
@oglxxi7337 why you so triggered 🤣
@CL-mp4vn
4 ай бұрын
@@90skpoplover You don't vote. So, your vote went straight to Biden. Who's sucker, now. Oh, maybe you support Biden. Ok, good for you.
@90skpoplover
4 ай бұрын
@@CL-mp4vn What "I don't vote", you don't understand 😂 maybe if these politicians actually kept their promises and not be so indifferent to the suffering of the same people that vote for them then maybe I will be a good lap dog and vote.
That man didn’t fall off no balcony
@cherre2008
4 ай бұрын
Right.
@Xilent1
4 ай бұрын
What happened then? Pushed???? Then why??
@FreshUF
4 ай бұрын
@@Xilent1They don’t even want to send his body back, because they can keep it after 30 days. Look into organ harvesting and how much money they can make from one body. His organs have possibly already been harvested
@Xilent1
4 ай бұрын
@@FreshUF I believe you.
@kevinperkins754
4 ай бұрын
@@Xilent1 they could’ve been trying to rob him…. or he might just had a disagreement with somebody or it was a set up…. That’s the reason they’re making it so hard to get his body back because there’s foul play
He was murdered
@blessedchildofgod9112
4 ай бұрын
yop I believe so too
@vetinaalvarez4004
4 ай бұрын
Prove it !!!
@Usermx2005-.
4 ай бұрын
@@vetinaalvarez4004👈🏾Border 🐀
@solomongrundy3411
4 ай бұрын
@@vetinaalvarez4004Alvarez did...
@CA-zn9bq
4 ай бұрын
@@vetinaalvarez4004 Prove that he wasn't.
I hope you folks get some sort of closure. I know I don't know any of you but, I love you!!! Get justice
@blessedchildofgod9112
4 ай бұрын
yea that's sad bogus
They wanna make it hard on the family, so they can do what they want with his body! Creepy asf
@silentnight9655
4 ай бұрын
Harvesting perhaps. Shudder!
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
Right
@kaydencefreeman6043
4 ай бұрын
@@silentnight9655. Definitely
Thats because he didnt fall, full of Shhh,
@joebidens_touchyhands9477
4 ай бұрын
Probably shot or stabbed. And the authorities won't release the body to the family because they know the family will most likely have a secondary autopsy done here in America.
Secondary autopsy is needed. Who was he with Any witnesses
@Cookie_Richardson
4 ай бұрын
They can't even get his body for a secondary autopsy. This is sad.
@lanedaw811
4 ай бұрын
What you gonna do, he died in another county, they don’t care and you sure can’t do anything
Sounds like Organ harvesting
@whatshatnin4572
4 ай бұрын
Dam. Dam. Didnt think of that?
@lajoyw9690
4 ай бұрын
💯💯
@lovelylady55
4 ай бұрын
1st thing that came to my mind
@TLR1988
4 ай бұрын
Y'all always with these conspiracies. The lil countries ain't like us with documentation and all the fake by the book stuff. He went over there and got with a hooker and was killed. They probably already burned, trashed, or lost his body. Don't nobody want 54yo organs.
@TLR1988
4 ай бұрын
@@whatshatnin4572 because it don't make sense. If your organs failed, would you want 54yo replacements? That hooker hooked him.
This is AWFUL! I hope they're able to get his remains back! 🙏
@tamaramadison7563
4 ай бұрын
😢😢😢😢😢😢
@vanessaanderson8919
4 ай бұрын
SAD😢
Yeah they say it’s an accident right now but there could be foul play involved. When you’re in another country, people can easily get away with murder
@mareerogers364
4 ай бұрын
Countries where mysterious deaths of native born American Blacks: 1.Dominican Republic 2.Panama 3.Bahamas 4.Mexico -all areas 5.Jamaica BE WARNED!!!
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
Exactly
@leahanderson30
4 ай бұрын
I’m thinking the same a cover up
Always buy travel insurance. Especially if you're going abroad
@FreshUF
4 ай бұрын
How would that help in this situation when he’s dead? And the foreign country isn’t cooperating?
@Virtuouswoman73
4 ай бұрын
@@FreshUF😂😂😂😂
@mik7564
4 ай бұрын
@@FreshUF Funds paid to family in case of a death. Who knows if they could have paid someone to get help.
@mickeyyoung472
4 ай бұрын
Never ever go OOC alone. Always travel with a pact that you definitely trust with your life. Leisure trips should not be traveled with others who you're cool with. If we have it bad in the US, we have to realize what's at stake when traveling OOC. my condolences to the family 😢. Stay safe, my US people. Love you ❤❤
@kellynorvell5714
4 ай бұрын
@@mickeyyoung472 Well said (seriously).
Prayers and condolences
That's why i don't go to these countries....im good
@JoLo-yl3hf
4 ай бұрын
The world is beautiful . But for sure people go places with no awareness of the land they are in. Especially if there’s a language barrier.
@user-kk3qg5el1m
4 ай бұрын
I have no desire. We have plenty of beautiful places to visit state side.
@ceceprincess4758
4 ай бұрын
@@JoLo-yl3hfexactly
@Freegrace22
4 ай бұрын
Ignorance is truly bliss!!
@Nvisibleman
4 ай бұрын
@@Freegrace22 You would go ... they'll see your goofy ahh coming 😅😅
Thats sad can't even take a vacation to relax, enjoy yourself and have fun..My condolences to his family. I hope they can get his body shipped home.
@LL-zw2qb
4 ай бұрын
Google passport brothers. This was no vacation.
@TravelAlwaysOfficial
4 ай бұрын
Sex tourism is NOT a vacation.
@chillinbrotha1072
4 ай бұрын
Did I miss the comment where they said he was a passport brother or going for sex tourism?! No!! It wasn’t said? There is nothing to support the allegations?! Ah ok. SMH. People always jumping to conclusions without facts. My prayers for the family as well. SMH
@LL-zw2qb
4 ай бұрын
@@chillinbrotha1072 He was in Panama by himself so he was not on vacation. Not too hard to come to this conclusion. Even Stevie Wonder can see what he was in that country for. You must be a passport brother too. If you're scared just say you're scared 😂😂😂.
@WilliamsPinch
4 ай бұрын
Traveling for sex has consequences.
I pray for you to get your loved one back.
I bet all of his organs are gone!
@shehound1778
4 ай бұрын
🎯🎯
@tfkdandsvkc
4 ай бұрын
Scary
@billkingll1678
4 ай бұрын
Could be. That's why I would never go to those countries. I had a girlfriend that wanted us to go to Cancun. I told her no thanks. And this was around 1995, before things over there got to where they are today.
@tyjones9585
4 ай бұрын
and/or he was murdered to get them🤬
@momonie4
4 ай бұрын
@@billkingll1678 Cancun is safe & very beautiful. I've been there many times & so have millions of other people. I NEVER TRAVEL OUTTA THE COUNTRY ALONE NOW, BUT I DID BACK IN THE 90'S.
So he "fell" over that wall the detective was looking over????? Ok, whatever. More like pushed or thrown.
@ScreamTatumRiley
4 ай бұрын
He fell in some exotic puzzy😂
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
Exactly
They are stalling for a reason.
What was he doing down there alone? He should have gone with a group on a planned cruise there. These days, one could travel alone and disappear without a trace.
Oh maan, this is so, so sad, The hold up is hard to understand, he has travel documents with him. His family will be very distraught. On another note, a man from here in the Caribbean died from falling off the Great Wall Of China, Embassies and everyone co-operated to fly him back to his family without delay. Panama is at least on the same continent as Georgia. I sincerely hope the Panamanians do the right thing so he can be laid to rest on his own soil.
He was murdered rest in peace please be careful traveling everybody dont like our country or skin color besafe ❤🙏
@GenX7119
4 ай бұрын
oh please shut up about race!🤦🏾♂️
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
Exactly
@atyourbest5385
4 ай бұрын
@@GenX7119 Denial is also very dangerous. You won't know about that it seems.
@jamesleon403
4 ай бұрын
@@GenX7119you shut up!!! This is very serious while you're being dismissive and comfortable in your ignorance. This is dangerous
He was killed
@empressnigeria
4 ай бұрын
Sounds that way
@Destroyer-Grizzly-BIH
4 ай бұрын
You were there?
@wadehiggins1114
4 ай бұрын
@@Destroyer-Grizzly-BIH you don't need a detective to figure this out
@Destroyer-Grizzly-BIH
4 ай бұрын
@@wadehiggins1114 Illuminati humiliation ritual, right?
@wadehiggins1114
4 ай бұрын
@Destroyer-Grizzly-BIH go ahead and be shallow minded
Passport bros be careful
@TomikaKelly
4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
I remember years ago a co worker dying while on vacation in Brazil; his family had a VERY difficult time getting his body returned to the United States. Someone is going to have to travel to Panama if they want his body back, regardless of the expenses involved. Condolences to the Family 😢
Keep traveling to them countries.....
@martez5455
4 ай бұрын
Yeah Chicago and other cities across the US are safer.
@mitzi4043
4 ай бұрын
@@martez5455 at least the family would know the cause of death and be able to retrieve the body for burial.
@senecagoes6595
4 ай бұрын
@@mitzi4043 Yeah, that changes everything...
@mitzi4043
4 ай бұрын
@@senecagoes6595 it’s called closure.
@senecagoes6595
4 ай бұрын
@@mitzi4043 It's called missing the point. The point is that people get taken out in the United States all day every day. This is one of the most violent countries on earth.
How sad. He must have been vacationing solo. This is one of my major concerns when traveling solo. May he rest in peace and hopefully his remains will be rightfully turned over to his family.
Who in the world would want to hold or just keep someone’s body knowing the family wants their loved one’s body home? Not to mention Panama is not overseas. What the hell is going on?
@analikab5631
4 ай бұрын
Maybe organs
@mayberryfiya3528
4 ай бұрын
Trying to cover something up!
@roses4me451
4 ай бұрын
No matter what it takes, that family must get his body back here to the states, and let a medical examiner to a full & thorough autopsy to declare cause of death. He will also note if his organs are missing. This is horrific! BM must be careful traveling to a foreign country alone.
Just fell off the balcony?? Red flag.
Tricking has consequences. Becareful out there fellas!!
@lavender123u
4 ай бұрын
Passport bro
@whatshatnin4572
4 ай бұрын
Kind of soon but i guess accurate. I wonder if it was organ harvesting.
@charlesxavier3489
4 ай бұрын
@@whatshatnin4572 It may have ended up in organ harvesting. Too many brothas dying overseas while on 'vacation' fam. Only thing that comes to mind is tricking .
@charlesxavier3489
4 ай бұрын
@@lavender123u more than likely.
@mitzi4043
4 ай бұрын
@@charlesxavier3489 The women are setting these men up. It’s pretty obvious.
This happened to a young college student who went on vacation to Bali her parents couldn’t get her back for 3 months
My thoughts and prayers are with this family. May God comfort and strengthen this family during this difficult time. 🙏🙏
I had a friend who was vacationing in Hawaii and passed away. What an ordeal that was. Ugh.
@GenX7119
4 ай бұрын
Hawaii and Panama isn't the same! Hawaii is the United States!🤦🏾♂️
Most likely Panama doesn't want the family to see his body, until it deteriorates sone more
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
Yep
As if somebody just wants to go through the trouble of claiming someone they dont know. 😒🙄😕
@mahoganymuffin2628
4 ай бұрын
Exactly! Something is up , this don't sound right. It's some kind of cover up.
They out here preying on people. You really think this man fell from a balcony with an enclosure that high up on your body? Now the can't get the body? It's scary out here.
@kellynorvell5714
4 ай бұрын
You are spot on 💯(seriously).
@Bidness100
4 ай бұрын
Americans Are Targets In Certain Countries
These passport brothers will risk their lives chasing some cat and now their family is the one trying to fix a problem they caused.
@choosey87
4 ай бұрын
Yep
@fatonyalmitchell3281
4 ай бұрын
That all you got to say ⁉️😢
@joashdennie2748
4 ай бұрын
Or dude
@TPRighteous
4 ай бұрын
You don't know what this man was doing. Stop the bs
@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother
4 ай бұрын
Some of them will, not all of them. Another thing, just because a BM travels out of the US doesn’t mean he’s a Passport Bro.
A horrible thought, however I hope this man wasn't deliberately kilt for harvesting of organs and what not.
@annc6046
4 ай бұрын
Please stop with the conspiracy theories. This man probably trusted seedy individuals who killed him to rob him of money, or he was deliberately killed after some perceived threat or transgression. It is important to learn local customs and the culture of the country you are visiting
@silentnight9655
4 ай бұрын
@@annc6046 You do YOU!
@annc6046
4 ай бұрын
@silentnight9655 Poor you. 😅
I don’t believe that man fell Lord have mercy 🙏🙏🙏
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
I don't either
They're giving family a hard time to get the body because there's so much more that would be discovered!!! missing organs & murder cause May he RIP and the family get him home!!!🙏🏽
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
Exactly
They need to hire an attorney in the US who can consult with an attorney there in Panama referred to them by the Embassy.
I pray they get him back home.
Hello, Please have the family reach out to US embassy in Panama in Clayton. They should be able to assist in getting proper communication. The other option is for a close family member to travel to Panama to present proper documentation and gather his belongings. I am from Panama and they require proof for everything. I pray the family finds resolution
Another passport bro was murdered
@vetinaalvarez4004
4 ай бұрын
Stop traveling more people don’t want you
@sexytrinny52
4 ай бұрын
Excalty. No LIES DETECTED
@lavender123u
4 ай бұрын
He should have went with a group friends. Never travel alone
@NOLA-le7rl
4 ай бұрын
What is a passport bro
@anthonydaniels2519
4 ай бұрын
@@NOLA-le7rlguys looking for women in other countries because they feel American women are no good
That man was deceased before he even made it to the balcony.
Can nobody in his family fly down there and see what's going on? If it were one of mine I'd be on a plane to see for myself what's going on.
@zoraidacastro2703
4 ай бұрын
A private investigator
@Bidness100
4 ай бұрын
Everybody Money Not Right
This is why I don’t want or need to travel abroad, I’m good right here, I barely travel to other parts of this country let alone overseas.
@senecagoes6595
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, Nobody ever gets murdered in the United States...
@o13sweetboy
4 ай бұрын
You're probably more in danger living in the States than travelling abroad..lol😆
@chico7469
4 ай бұрын
@@o13sweetboy That’s very true, but I know how to move in the city I’m born and bred in lol..which is why I’m good on travel, Boeing can’t keep they’re got-damn planes ✈️ from falling apart, so I’m good.
@tspcocktail
4 ай бұрын
@@chico7469 😂
PRAYING FOR GOD TO TOUCH THIS SITUATION 🙏🙌❤
A lot of passport bros are biting the dust. Ouch
@senecagoes6595
4 ай бұрын
They really aren't. And this man was no "passport bro".
@teresam5199
4 ай бұрын
@@senecagoes6595you don't know that. Just like they're saying he fell, the report is limited
@senecagoes6595
4 ай бұрын
@@teresam5199 You don't know what I know, you don't know me. And assuming he was a PPD is just childish. Every blk man being labeled as that for traveling is as presumptuous as assuming every blk woman has a bad attitude, and we both know you won't accept that. So we're not accepting this either.
@prima-madalina
4 ай бұрын
@@senecagoes6595 Grown man went to Panama by himself and has no friends there… it was def sex tourism gone wrong. Check his text messages and dating app usage
Thanks for giving us your time DuuuuuuvvvvvvvvaaaaaLLLLLLLL county jax fl USA...... praying for THIS Family 💞
🙏🏽 for you'll Kings & Queens.
😢 Cuanto siento que te haiga pasado eso pero esa parte Colon Panama esta muy deteriorada y horrible y lo digo yo porque soy de la ciudad y NUNCA he ido a Colon. Descansa en Paz 🙏🏽🇵🇦❤️
@rozchristopherson648
4 ай бұрын
OMG!!!
@user-ye5ku2ws6s
4 ай бұрын
Wow! Smdh.
@88Well
4 ай бұрын
That's just wild 😯
Prayers and condolences to the family and please Father God help to get his body back to the family 😢
Why would any place want to hold anyone’s relative if they’re deceased? What purpose does it serve to do that? Send that man home to his family. Politics and Government are so weird for this behavior. 😢
May He rest in peace and my condolence to His family. 🙏🏿
Someone pushed him. Stop going to these foreign places
@senecagoes6595
4 ай бұрын
Yeah just go to Chicago. Way safer...
@user-sy6ot9lt3w
4 ай бұрын
@senecagoes6595 If you're not an American, shut up! Africans always hating evil hearts
@ceceprincess4758
4 ай бұрын
@@senecagoes6595yeah right
@senecagoes6595
4 ай бұрын
@@ceceprincess4758 😂
Always have travel insurance, never travel out of the country with out it.
Absolutely horrific!
God make a way. 🤲
Who pushed him is more like it?
Sounds like a cover up for murder😮😮😮😮
Where's Warnock ! What good is he to people in Georgia. ?
The lies he was thrown 😢
He died suspiciously. Are they afraid they will find out the truth. Where the body at? Stop hiding it. This is so sad and unfair to this man's family😢
Very Sad Situation! Something Don't Sound Right About What Happen To This Man! Lord Have Mercy On This World!!!
You'd be surprised at how many people pass away on cruises and abroad. RIP young man. 🙏
@tspcocktail
4 ай бұрын
International waters and No jurisdiction
Something NOT Right? 😮
Don’t travel alone in certain countries! Particularly, those in South America.
Fell off of a balcony? Sounds like foul play.
Super suspicious
@Joanbenn7876
4 ай бұрын
Maybe it was hit. Set up.
I never want to travel no where 😢
Prayers!
Its on the website for traveling to Panama is not goid at this time, ppl still travel.🤦🏾♂️🙄
Family, don't give up. Fight until you all get your love one back. They don't have no rights to keep the remains of somebody else's family member no matter 30 days or not. Don't let that scare y'all. and it shouldn't take 30 days anyway. What y'all need to do is hire a private investigator ASAP, and how many of the family members who can go there, do it and bring your love one remains back. Have an autopsy done to find out how he died and do whatever is necessary to get justice. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
My condolences just saddened
🙏🙏🙏🙏
They need to go over there
So why can't the state department/the US Embassy help in this case? All his organs are probably trafficked already. RIP brother!
It's hard to get original id/passport when they were on the victim
@nickjohnson2811
4 ай бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing!
Wow! What a nightmare maybe a family member will have to go recover his body in person RIP & good luck to his family.
So very sad. Prayers for this man's family. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️
Sorry for your loss
Wow just wow
How did he fall from the balcony?
@tomarasmith4459
4 ай бұрын
Jennifer Lewis did
This is so sad. How can they even grieve or investigate? I hope they will higher a private investigator to step in! I wish them the best and my sincere condolences 💐 😢
Amazing
R. I. P 🙏🏿🙏🏿for his family , folks u on your own here in the USA u know u fu@@ in other countries
🌹Sending my deepest condolence to his loved ones 🙏🏽🌹
You will have to go there
🙏 wow
Check his body parts
Wow 😮😮😢
How he fall off the balcony.
He not yt… American govt don’t give af 🤷🏽♂️
Sooo sad!!
Passport Bros....they been robbing, setting them up, and offing them for a while nah....