A suspected carbon monoxide leak from a fridge in a holiday let in Mallorca is being blamed for the death of an Edinburgh-based financial analyst.
Jaime Carsi, 40, was found dead on Saturday morning in a bed in the home in the north-east of the island.
His newlywed wife, Mary Somerville, 39, was found lying unconscious next to him. Somerville, who runs a health and beauty business, remains in a serious condition in Manacor hospital, according to local reports.
A spokesperson for the Guardia Civil police force in Mallorca said: “Everything suggests that this was due to the malfunctioning of a gas fridge, which led to a carbon monoxide leak. The man was found dead and the woman unconscious on Saturday morning. Both were found on the bed. It appears to have been a domestic accident.”
The spokesperson confirmed that a postmortem examination had been carried out on the man’s body but said he had no further details.
According to reports in the local Última Hora newspaper, the couple had been due to join friends for a boat trip on Saturday. When they failed to show, their friends alerted the police, who went to their rented farmhouse in Capdepera, in the north-east of the island, and found the man dead and his wife unconscious.
The paper reported that the autopsy, performed on Monday, had determined that the man had died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Carsi studied computer engineering in Madrid before obtaining a master’s in mathematical trading finance at London’s Cass business school.
Since 2017 he had worked as an investment analyst in Edinburgh for Baillie Gifford, it said. In his Facebook profile, Carsi said he was from Madrid, but lived in Edinburgh.
Patti Montella, a friend of the couple, paid tribute to Carsi on Instagram. She wrote: “Jaime Carsi came into my life and took up residence in my heart, so many years ago, in London. His smile and spirit are pure love. And when he married our precious Edinburgh girl, sweet Mary, it was a match made in heaven. What a prince you are – such a magnificent soul.”
