US EditionAmerican Surfer Kurt Van Dyke Found Dead in Apparent Robbery at His Home in Costa Rica
- American surfer Kurt Van Dyke, 66, was found dead in an apparent robbery at his home in Costa Rica's Limón province.
- According to authorities, at least two armed suspects entered Van Dyke's residence, threatened him and a woman, held them captive briefly, then stole valuables.
- Van Dyke suffered stab wounds and signs of asphyxiation, while the woman survived with non-life-threatening injuries, and the suspects fled the scene.
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Two armed men threatened Kurt Van Dyke and his wife at home before stealing items and a vehicle, the authorities said.
California Surfing Legend Killed in Costa Rica Home Invasion
Authorities in Costa Rica are investigating the killing of a well-known American surfer in what they say appears to be a violent home invasion on the country's Caribbean coast, People reports. Kurt Van Dyke, 66, a California native who had lived for decades in the Limón province and owned Hotel...
American surfer Kurt Van Dyke was brutally murdered in his apartment in Costa Rica.
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.
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