Overview
- Officials identified the victim as Matthew Cohn, 28, and said he died Oct. 23 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort’s Bay Lake Tower; the Orange County Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death a suicide with a cause of multiple traumatic injuries.
- Earlier this month, 31-year-old Summer Equitz also died by suicide at the Contemporary Resort, and authorities have stressed that social media claims of a monorail impact were inaccurate.
- In a separate Oct. 21 incident at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, a man in his 60s died after a medical episode, and the sheriff’s office reported no signs of foul play.
- Guests reported a large law-enforcement and medical presence at Bay Lake Tower, with staff shielding the area using towel carts and a tent and asking guests not to look from balconies.
- Officials and Disney have provided limited further detail, and multiple outlets report the on-property death count since 1971 stands at about 68.