There has tragically been another death at Disney World, making it four within the last month.
The latest incident occurred at Pop Century Resort, where a woman in her 40s passed away in the early morning hours, per The Sun.
It followed a string of similarly tragic reports that unfolded throughout October, triggering questions and concern.
A String of Deaths at Disney Properties
This incident brings the known death toll at the Disney World resorts to four within roughly a three‑week span.
On October 14, the first of these deaths surfaced: 31‑year‑old super‑fan Summer Equitz, who had travelled from Illinois to the resort and been reported missing, was found dead at Disney’s Contemporary Resort.
Equitz had worked as a character performer and entertainment host at Disneyland between 2012 and 2015.
Disney World meant a lot to Equitz, as in 2024 she celebrated her honeymoon there with her husband, Nico Danilovich.
Later that year, she shared the happy news of her pregnancy in December.
Despite this, Equitz’s sudden trip to Disney World in October without notifying her family left them frantic, ultimately leading to the missing persons post and the devastating discovery of her passing.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Equitz died from multiple blunt impact injuries and declared that she had died by suicide.
One week later, on October 21, an unidentified man in his 60s died after suffering a medical episode at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.
Just two days afterward, on October 23, 28‑year‑old Matthew Alec Cohn, a guest residing at Bay Lake Tower within the Contemporary Resort, fell from his 12th‑floor balcony and was later pronounced dead.
The medical examiner determined his cause of death was “multiple traumatic injuries” resulting from an intentional fall, and the death was officially declared a suicide.
Unfolding of the Most Recent Death
Late on the night of November 1 and into the early hours of November 2, a chilling emergency call sounded at Disney’s Pop Century Resort in Orlando: initially logged as a “Person Down” at 2:37AM, the call was then upgraded to a “dead person” alert, per The New York Post.
According to the X account @WDWActiveCrime, that sequence of events marked the beginning of another tragic chapter.
A spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office later confirmed: “A woman in her 40s passed away.” The spokesperson added: “There were no signs of foul play.”
No further details regarding the victim have been released.
Just hours later at the resort, a verbal fight was reported and subsequently reclassified as a trespasser alert at the same location.
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