Oklahoma
Family reveals new details on ‘haunting’ hospital stay of Oklahoma college students allegedly drugged sipping water at Cancun resort
Family members feared for the lives of the two Oklahoma college students allegedly drugged at a swim-up bar in Mexico as they waited in different countries while one of the girl’s boyfriends was repeatedly denied access to their hospital rooms.
Kaylie Pitzer and Zara Hull were vacationing in Cancun with their friends when they ordered some water at the resort’s pool bar on Aug. 2nd and suddenly slumped over.
A terrifying photo captured the students with their heads lying on the bar while they held hands before they were wheelchaired up to their rooms.
Hull, 20, was later rushed to a private hospital when she began convulsing from the drugs, which US doctors believed to be synthetic fentanyl, according to KWTV.
Her boyfriend, Jake Snider went with her to the ICU where she was “so sedated that she couldn’t open her eyes or speak,” Snider’s mother said of the horrifying ordeal.
“My son was not allowed to stay with her. We had to pay $200 for him to have a room upstairs for the night. It was the 2nd floor of the hospital and the floor was completely VACANT. The room was merely a hospital room,” Stephanie Snider wrote on Facebook.
Snider revealed that her son was too scared to sleep because he feared something would happen to him.
“He couldn’t get in downstairs again to see Zara until the next morning. We sat in 2 different countries- praying all night for safety and health,” she said.
When Jake Snider got down to Hull at 8 a.m. on Aug. 3, Snider said her son found Hull on a ventilator, with a catheter, and under heavy sedation.
Hospital staff allegedly said they were taking Hull to another location for an MRI, which the family speculated was a cover for trafficking.
“He told them to STOP EVERYTHING he’s taking her out. We told him, ‘do NOT let them take her, do NOT let them do anything else to her-we were working on getting them out!’”
“We believe they were planning to take her away to be trafficked or perhaps even to take her organs (which is what we were later told is a common thing that is done),” Snider’s post added. “They most likely would have done something to my son as well, possibly even death.”
The hospital allegedly had already demanded a $10,000 deposit prior to any treatment and then demanded another $25,000 “by Sunday morning to continue treatment or $5,000 to release, Snider previously said on Facebook.
Hull and Snider’s families attempted to find Dallas area hospitals to bring Hull, but were continuously rejected as the private hospital wouldn’t cooperate in sending over her medical records
Thirty hours later, a family friend secured a $28,000 private plane to medevac Hull and Snider to Texas where she hospital as Jake had obtained a partial list of medications Hull was given.
Pitzer and her boyfriend secured a flight to Dallas where they made a “beeline” to the Dallas hospital and the two best friends embraced, she told News 9.
Snider shared that she and the parents of the girls still can’t “close their eyes” over the “haunting”, while Jake “is never going to forget the hell he went through to get Zara and himself out of there alive.”
“For Zara and Kaylie, they have horrible feelings of only what we told them happened to them and yet no memory at all during the ordeal – but are tortured by the fact it happened to them,” Snider concluded.
Hull’s convulsions were her body reacting to the drugs.
She was released from the hospital on Friday but is expecting more medical bills with a GoFundMe set up for them.
Nowata County Emergency Management is urging motorists to avoid several roads across the county as flooding continues following recent heavy rainfall.
Officials reported water over a bridge on County Road 408 south of Road 2, between Roads 2 and 3.
Roads to Avoid
Emergency management officials issued the following road advisories:
- Road 21 between Roads 420 and 419
- Road 419 north of U.S. Highway 60
- Road 420 between Roads 27 and 28
- Road 27 west of Road 421 near Panther Creek
Officials say these roads should be avoided because of flooding.
Road 2 Closed
Emergency management also announced that Road 2 (EW 2) is closed.
Officials said some areas of the roadway have approximately 12 inches of standing water.
Drivers are encouraged to avoid flooded roadways and seek alternate routes until water recedes.
Resources at Oklahoma City’s Animal Welfare are stretched thin after taking in more than 500 animals in an emergency rescue. Police arrested four people and saved the animals on Thursday in a methamphetamine bust at a home near southeast 15th and High Avenue.
FIRST REPORTED: Four arrested after 30 pounds of meth, hundreds of animals seized from Oklahoma City home
Oklahoma City’s Development Services Director Brock Rowe answered questions about the largest animal seizure in the city’s history.
How many animals were rescued and what species were found?
Animal control officers rescued 523 animals. There were about 470 ducks, chickens, pigeons, and peacocks gathered from the property. Officers took 49 dogs, an unspecified number of cats, one horse, and reptiles.
What is the latest on the animals’ health and condition?
The animals were “taken care of pretty good” and did not appear to be severely abused of malnourished. The situation is believed to be animal hoarding, meaning there were simply too many animals on the property. Staff worked overnight to ensure the animals have food, clean water, bedding and proper car.
What resources is the shelter using to care for so many animals?
The shelter is using temporary crates, kennels, and indoor spaces to accommodate the overflow, especially for birds, while larger animals like the horse are kept outside. Animal welfare officials are reaching out to local partners and organizations that specialize in livestock and birds to help house and care for some of the animals. The shelter is running a “name your price” adoption event to quickly move existing animals out and free up space.
Are the animals considered evidence, and when could they become available for adoption or transfer?
The animals are currently on hold as evidence, and adoption or transfer will only happen after the legal process determines when they can be released.
What is the status of the criminal investigation, and are additional charges expected?
Police arrested four men on drug trafficking complaints during the warrant search. No word if the men will face charges for the animals.
Texas A&M baseball made a massive splash in the transfer portal Friday morning with the pickup of a premier left-hander from a Southeastern Conference foe.
Oklahoma southpaw Trent Collier is returning to his home state to play for the Aggies in 2027, according to reports from TexAgs’ Richard Zane. Collier pitched for the national-championship-winning Sooners this past season, posting a 3.80 ERA through 23.2 innings pitched and striking out 28 hitters. He was called upon for two appearances in Oklahoma’s postseason run to the national title, allowing no hits with two strikeouts against Georgia Tech and North Carolina.
Collier will come to Bryan-College Station to pitch for the Fightin’ Texas Aggies as a junior for head coach Michael Earley in 2027.
Rebuilding a depleted pitching staff was one of the top priorities for Earley this offseason, after posting a 5.24 team ERA in 2026. Collier is the sixth pitcher to commit to the Aggies out of the transfer portal and the ninth overall addition.
The lefty from Prosper, Texas, began his college career at Weatherford Junior College before landing with the Sooners. He made eight appearances, including nine starts, and earned second-team all-conference for recording a 2.65 ERA and 85 strikeouts across 68.0 innings.
After the program parted ways with Jason Kelly, following the regional final loss to USC in College Station, new pitching coach Barry Enright has reeled in some of the top-rated pitchers in the country this offseason, including Collier. The former Sooners star will have the opportunity to develop under Enright, who had stints in the MLB with the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels.
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