Costa Rica Hotel Leaders Voice Concern After Homicide in Cahuita Robbery

The killing of Kurt Van Dyke, a 66-year-old American hotel owner, in a robbery at his home in Hone Creek near Cahuita has prompted the Costa Rica Hotel Chamber to speak out about risks to the region’s reputation for safety. Two armed men entered the apartment Van Dyke shared with his girlfriend around 10:50 a.m. […] The post Costa Rica Hotel Leaders Voice Concern After Homicide in Cahuita Robbery appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.


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