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Costa Rican authorities investigate killing of a US citizen in an apparent robbery
- On Saturday, Kurt Van Dyke, a 66-year-old American hotel owner and surfer, was found dead in his Costa Rica apartment with signs of asphyxiation and multiple stab wounds.
- Two armed men entered the apartment around 10:50 a.m., held Kurt Van Dyke and his girlfriend Arroyo at gunpoint, tied their hands and feet, then fled with valuables and a stolen vehicle.
- Van Dyke was a well-known surfer and hotel owner from Santa Cruz who owned Hotel Puerto Viejo, and his brother Peter Van Dyke confirmed the death to NBC Bay Area, describing him as generous.
- The Costa Rica Hotel Chamber warned the killing could harm the region's safety image, while local hotel operators and tourism groups coordinate with authorities as industry leaders say the news hurts promotion efforts.
- Local leaders said the Caribbean coast has been unusually calm in recent months despite observers linking the 2019 Puerto Limón port opening to organized crime spreading and 25% of homicides there.
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Kurt van Dijk was accompanied by his 31-year-old partner, whom the two armed intruders in the house where they lived immobilized with tourniquets.
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US surfer Kurt Van Dyke found murdered in Costa Rica, authorities say
Kurt Van Dyke, a U.S. surfer from Santa Cruz, was found strangled and stabbed multiple times inside his apartment in a small surf town in Costa Rica.
By Djenane Villanueva and Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español. American surfer Kurt Van Dyke, 66, was found dead Saturday in an apparent robbery at his apartment in Cahuita, a Caribbean coastal town about 170 kilometers east of San José, Costa Rica, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) told the press. The incident was reported around 10:50 a.m., when authorities received a call about a man found dead in a room. Judicial agents went to the locati…
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