Category: High-profile cases

Rep.-Elect Letlow Died From Heart Attack Likely Related to COVID-19: Doctor

Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.) died from a heart attack, the doctor in charge of the hospital where he was being treated confirmed to The Epoch Times. But the heart attack is believed to be related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Letlow tested positive for the disease earlier this month….


Newly Elected House Member Maria Elvira Salazar Tests Positive for the CCP Virus

Rep.-elect Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) will be missing during the January 3 swearing-in of House members on Capitol Hill because she will be self-isolating after testing positive for the CCP virus. The newly elected House member announced Thursday that she had joined the growing number of lawmakers who have contracted the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The…


‘Gilligan’s Island’ Star Dawn Wells Dies, COVID-19 Cited

LOS ANGELES—Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednesday of causes related to COVID-19, her publicist said. She was 82. Wells died peacefully at a residential facility in Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll said. “There is so much more to…


Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dies With CCP Virus

Louisiana Representative-elect Luke Letlow (R) passed away on Dec. 29 due to complications from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the coronavirus. He was 41 years old. Letlow was elected to represent Louisiana’s 5th Congressional office. He was admitted to a hospital on Dec. 19 after testing positive for the virus. He was…


Louisiana Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dies From CCP Virus

Louisiana Representative-elect Luke Letlow (R) passed away on Dec. 29 due to complications from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the coronavirus. He was 41 years old. Letlow was elected to represent Louisiana’s 5th Congressional office. He was admitted to a hospital on Dec. 19 after testing positive for the virus. He was…


Rep.-Elect Letlow Moved to Intensive Care as He Battles COVID-19

Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.) was moved into an intensive care unit as he battles COVID-19. Letlow, 41, was moved from the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe to Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Academic Medical Center in Shreveport, a spokesman said in a statement. “Congressman-elect Letlow is in stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit where…


Rep.-Elect Letlow Transferred to ICU as He Battles COVID-19

Rep.-elect Luke Letlow (R-La.) was moved to an intensive care unit at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Academic Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, for treatment of COVID-19, a spokesman said in a Dec. 23 statement. Letlow, 41, had been receiving care at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe since Dec. 19. “Congressman-elect Letlow is in…


South Carolina Governor Tests Positive For CCP Virus

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster tested positive for the CCP virus, just days after his wife received a positive diagnosis, his office said in a statement Tuesday. McMaster, 73, was notified Monday evening after a “routine testing due to coming into close contact with the COVID-19 virus.” The Republican governor is “experiencing mild symptoms with a…


Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Hospitalized After COVID-19 Diagnosis

Republican congressman-elect Luke Letlow was admitted to the hospital on Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19. Andrew Bautsch, a spokesman for Letlow who is also infected with the new disease, told the Monroe News Star that Letlow was hospitalized “as a precaution and under the commendation of his doctors.” Letlow won the seat representing Louisiana’s…