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Mystery of hot tub couple’s deaths deepens with top theory branded ‘impossible’

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Patrick and Thomasina Tobin were on holiday with their two teenage children in Cullera, Valencia, when they were found dead in their villa’s spa facilities (Picture: Pixel8000) A hot tub company which manufactured the jacuzzi where a London couple were found dead outside of have said it would be ‘impossible’ for an adult to become trapped by the suction. Patrick and Thomasina Tobin were on holiday with their two teenage children in Cullera, Valencia, when they were found dead in their villa’s spa facilities. The couple, from Greenwich, south-east London, were meant to be preparing to travel home today. But their bodies were found outside of the hot tub, naked, by their 14-year-old son with special needs. Initial tests suggest both parents died after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest, with investigators theorising they died after becoming trapped in the hot tub suction. Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News

First report: Pictured: Father and the hot tub he died in alongside his wife 'after suction pumps malfunctioned and the couple became trapped' at £2,000-a-week Spanish villa — dailymail.co.uk, 12d