A simple Uber pickup in Los Angeles turned into a very special delivery for one driver after his pregnant passenger realized she woudn't make to the hospital in time to give birth there.

On Friday evening, Niv and Erica Davidovich were preparing for Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath. When Erica started having contractions, she lit candles and began to pray.

She asked God for a fast and easy delivery and a healthy baby.

Niv says his wife’s prayers were answered in "a very odd way."

To not break any Shabbat laws, which don’t allow certain activities such as driving, the couple called for an Uber to take them to the hospital. Because Erica had previously given birth to three other children, she thought she had time. 

"When I called I thought, 'OK, I have 10 hours. It’s very painful and I want to get my epidural,'" Erica said.

Not long after getting inside the car, Erica's water broke inside the Uber driver's Lexus.

"'I’m so sorry about your car.' It’s all I could think about," she recalled.

The Uber driver then pulled into the Whole Foods parking lot in Sherman Oaks.

"He was honking his horn. It was an emergency situation," Niv said.

Niv called 911 about 8:41 p.m. when his wife shouted that she was going to have the baby right then and there.

"I caught him as he came out," Niv said.

The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed the special delivery on its Facebook page and said the driver was the "primary assist for the successful delivery of a newborn in the vehicle." 

The department added that Erica and her new son were transported to the hospital in good condition and that Niv supported his wife.

The couple credits the 23-year-old Uber driver for being so calm and helpful during the baby's delivery. They reunited with the driver on Monday to celebrate a ride they’ll never forget.

Russia said Tuesday it reserves the right to retaliate against America for the "illegal seizure" of two Russian diplomatic compounds, NBC News reported.

Top Russian and U.S. officials met on Monday to discuss the compounds in Maryland and New York.

The mansions were seized in December under former President Barack Obama as part of sanctions over Russia's involvement in hacking the U.S. election, which Russia has denied.

"Russia stressed that if Washington does not address this and other concerns, including persistent efforts to hinder the operation of Russia’s diplomatic missions, Russia has the right to take retaliatory measures in accordance with the principle of reciprocity," the ministry said in a statement after Monday's meeting ended without a deal.

Fears of the United States engaging in a major war are growing among Americans, according to a Tuesday NBC News/SurveyMonkey National Security Poll.

A majority of Americans, 76 percent, are worried the U.S. could become engaged in a major war in the next four years. That number is up 10 points since February.

A strong plurality, 41 percent, believe North Korea is the greatest danger to America. Just 28 percent believe ISIS is the greatest danger, and 18 percent believe Russia is.

The NBC NewsSurveyMonkey poll was conducted online from July 10 through July 14, 2017, among a national sample of 5,347 adults. Respondents for this non-probability survey were selected from the nearly 3 million people who take surveys on the SurveyMonkey platform each day. Results have an error estimate of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.

For Jeff Mudgett, one day in early May was a moment of truth, or at least the next step in his pursuit of the truth.  Years of research and debate were coming down to this day in a Yeadon, Pennsylvania, cemetery.

“It was straight out of Alfred Hitchcock. It was scary,” Mudgett said.

Anthropologists and archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania were excavating the gravesite of Mudgett’s great-great grandfather Herman Webster Mudgett, more infamously known as serial killer and con-man H.H. Holmes.

“He’s evil personified! And I decided rather than running away from it, I decided to try to make something worthwhile of coming up with the truth,” Mudgett said.

Some credit Holmes with killing more than two hundred people in the late 1800’s.  Most of the killings are believed to have taken place in a building Holmes owned in Chicago, dubbed the “Murder Castle,” events described in the 2003 bestseller "The Devil in the White City." But Holmes was only convicted of one murder. In 1895 he was put on trial in Philadelphia for the murder of his business partner Benjamin Pitezel and was sentenced to die by hanging.

This is where Mudgett and others say the mystery begins.

According to newspaper accounts, Holmes was marched to the gallows at Moyamensing Prison where he was hanged. The prison was located on 1400 South 10th Street in Philadelphia before it closed in 1963 and was demolished in 1968. Holmes’ body was eventually interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon. Holmes requested his casket be encased in concrete so no one would steal his body. However, an 1898 newspaper article sparked the conspiracy theory that Holmes somehow escaped death at Moyamensing and ended up in South America.

Fast-forward to 2017 with Mudgett standing in what many believe to be the grave of his murderous relative. Descendants of Holmes were granted permission by a Delaware County judge to exhume the remains.

“It actually brought tears to my eyes,” Mudgett said. “And I was sitting there, trying to figure out, ‘why am I crying for this monster of a man?’”

As they dug, the group found a wooden box.

“We dug down to 10 feet and we found a fake pine box,” Mudgett said.

Mudgett told the NBC10 Investigators there was nothing in the box and he was ready to give up but the team continued to dig. Next, they ran into the cement reported on in 1890s newspaper accounts.

"And we found the cement sarcophagus, which many of the newspapers described back then. That’s when the hard work began,” Mudgett said.

After breaking through the cement, the team from Penn found what they were looking for.

“They carefully opened it up and we found a skeleton of a man, which we removed and took to the university,” Mudgett said.

Before the remains were taken away, Mudgett held the skull in his hand.

"To see that skeleton and that skull with the brains still inside, which is a phenomenon that the scientists still haven’t explained, scared the heck out of me," Mudgett said.

Once the remains were taking to Penn, the tests began to see if the bones belonged to Holmes.

“We were there when they took the DNA samples from the skull and, you know, put them in the proper packaging. They took some comparison DNA from me,” Mudgett said.

But Mudgett’s crusade to see if Holmes was actually buried in the grave has another angle.

"Here was a moment that could possibly change American and English history. And it was staring us in the face," he said.

Mudgett believes his great-great grandfather is not only H.H. Holmes but also Jack the Ripper.

"As of yet, I still haven’t seen anything which would cause me to change my mind regarding my theories that H.H. Holmes was Jack the Ripper," he said.

While there is skepticism among Holmes experts about the Jack the Ripper theory, it is another reason Mudgett and his team spent time searching for and finding the tomb where Holmes was believed to be buried.

The great-great grandson is currently starring in a History Channel show entitled “American Ripper.” The premise of the show has Mudgett connecting the two notorious killers as the same man.

“Jack the Ripper was the J-V compared to H.H. Holmes. In my opinion, the world should be trying to prove Jack the Ripper was H.H. Holmes, not me proving Holmes was Jack the Ripper,” Mudgett said.

The last piece of the puzzle seems to be the DNA taken from the found remains and Mudgett. Those results are not yet in.

"I have my beliefs, I have, you know, doubts. I want to see those DNA results to come up with a firm conclusion," he said. "I’m waiting for them right now. I could get a phone call as we speak, right now."

As for the remains, a lawyer for Holmes’ descendants told a judge they are still at Penn awaiting more testing. He believed they could be returned to Holy Cross Cemetery in late July.

An 18 year-old man is in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound and the suspected shooter is in custody, after the San Diego Police Department's Airborne Law Enforcement Unit (ABLE) helped to track him down in Bay Park. 

The suspect was charging his cell phone outside a 7-11 convenience store at Clairemont Drive and Iroquois Avenue, when an 18 year-old man and his girlfirend arrived Monday about 11:40 p.m.

Police said the girlfriend went into the store, and the 18 year-old got into an argument with the suspect over the suspect checking out his girlfriend. 

The girlfriend walked out of the store, and started walking home with her boyfriend. 

Police said the suspect confronted them in the parking lot across the street, got into another argument with the boyfriend, shot him in the chest, then ran off.

The 18 year-old victim collapsed on the street.

An ABLE tactical flight officer and pilot, patrolling in an Airbus A-Star helicopter, followed the suspect, and directed officers on the ground to his location. 

Officers arrested him without incident. 

The victim is in serious condition.

Iroquois Avenue is closed as detectives collect evidence and interview witnesses. 

No other information was available.

Please refresh this page for updates on this story. Details may change as more information becomes available.

Federal investigators confirmed Monday that an Air Canada jet was descending toward a taxiway holding four other planes rather than the assigned runway and narrowly avoided disaster at San Francisco International Airport.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it interviewed the captain of the Air Canada plane, will talk to the co-pilot Tuesday and finish talking to air traffic controllers by Wednesday.

The NTSB said the Air Canada Airbus A320 was cleared to land on runway 28R but instead lined up its approach for a parallel taxiway, which four other airliners were using to get in position to take off.

The NTSB said the Air Canada jet descended to less than 100 feet above the ground and flew over another plane before aborting the landing on July 7.

Aviation experts said Monday the close call was more a near miss and could have been disastrous.

"If he had not initiated the go around in the next 5-10 seconds, this would have been a disaster," said Max Trescott, a flight instructor and aviation blogger. "Every one to two years, an aircraft will land on a taxiway by mistake. What's odd about this is that the go-around happened so late in the game and was so close."

Air Canada declined to comment, citing the investigation.

The Air Canada jet, with 140 people on board, was arriving from Toronto. The NTSB statement adds details to the first official description of the close call, a summary released last week by Canadian safety authorities.

Also Monday, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, who was a passenger aboard the flight, released a letter to Air Canada in which he requested that the airline keep passengers informed of the results of any investigation. He said passengers were not told what was happening, and instead, the pilot "made a nonchalant announcement that he had to go around due to traffic at the airport."

Canada's Transportation Safety Board has given the flight data recorder, one of the so-called black boxes from the Air Canada plane, to the NTSB, which is leading the investigation.

The NTSB said it has security-camera video of the late-night incident and will release it in the coming months.

NBC Bay Area's Mark Matthews and Ian Cull contributed to this report.

Walmart apologized after the n-word was used on its website in the product description for a third-party seller's item, NBC News reported. 

“We are very sorry and appalled that this third party seller listed their item with this description on our online marketplace,” Walmart spokeswoman Danit Marquardt said on Monday.

Walmart removed the racial slur in the description of the item -- a wig cap for hair extensions -- and posted a disclaimer online saying it does not verify product information for third-party items. Later, it removed the wig cap from its site entirely. 

Chizo Onuh, the owner of a brand called Jagazi Natural, said that a third party used her company's name without her permission and posted it on Walmart's site.

The theme for this year's annual sand castle competition in Imperial Beach was "Pirates in Paradise" and the builders did not disappoint.

This long-standing tradition returned Friday and Saturday to the Portwood Pier Plaza, showcasing the talents of world-class sandcastle sculptors.

The Sun & Sea Festival organizers have announced the winners of this year's competition and released images of their work. 

The winning sculptors were:

Masters Class

• First Place – The Sandcastle Man Name of sculpture: Misty Mountain
• Second Place – I.B. Posse Name of sculpture: Smell The Roses
• Third Place – Sculpting San Diego Name of sculpture: Social Extinction

Open Class

• First Place: I.B. Posse Family Name of sculpture: Captain’s Cove
• Second Place: Guardians of the Sand Lot Name of sculpture: Alice in Wonderland
• Third Place: Sculpintures Name of sculpture: POGO IB

People’s Choice Award:

• Team: Howies Crew Name of sculpture: Medieval Castle

The free, two-day festival included a community parade, live music, arts and crafts for the kids, an international food fair and a sand sculpting competition for children.

California lawmakers are considering a proposal to provide gender-neutral identification.

State Sen. Toni Atkins (D - 39th District) introduced a bill to streamline the process of providing a gender neutral or nonbinary option on the California driver license, birth certificate and other forms of state identification.

The proposal is passing through various committees of the legislature.

Oregon and the District of Columbia recently issued the gender neutral option on their driver’s licenses.

“What’s most valuable to us is the right to freedom liberty, justice for all. That may sound hokey but I think if you talk to the individuals this applies to they want to be part of, not separate from, part of and yet be able to be who they are," said Atkins.

a.t. furya who grew up in San Diego is only the fifth person in the country, according to the Transgender Law Center, to obtain court documents that grant “nonbinary” as their legally designated gender.  

Nonbinary means the person does not designate male or female as a gender.  

“Agender for me or not having a gender has been spot on because then I don’t feel like okay like, I’m this, but I’m not really. It fits. I don’t know how else to explain it," said a.t.

NBC 7's Marianne Kushi digs deeper into the issue in this video report including opposition from State Sen. Pat Bates (R - 36th District) who says it’s a matter of security.

A woman who was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a Georgia couple honeymooning in south Florida says she didn't know if she would survive the abuse, adding that her life has forever been changed by the incident.

"When I finally did escape, I was running in the street naked. As a woman, you're never going to feel the same about yourself," the 28-year-old victim said. "I don't know how I'm ever going to get over this."

Flanked by her attorney, the woman detailed the alleged abuse endured at the hands of a man and woman who are accused of a bizarre crime spree. The victim asked not to be identified during a press conference Monday with her attorney Carlos Silva.

"I didn't know if I was gonna get out alive," the victim said.

Rashada Hurley, 32, and Timothy Lowe, 37, were arrested last week on sexual battery, kidnapping and carjacking charges, two days after they were charged with indecent exposure for allegedly walking through two stores naked and grabbing sodas without paying.

The victim said she was in her car outside a Hialeah grocery store when Hurley approached her from the driver's side window and asked for directions. When she rolled down the window Hurley punched her in the head, knocking her out, the woman said.

According to the woman, when she regained consciousness, Lowe was in the driver's seat and Hurley was in the passenger side. She said she screamed and that's when Hurley put her in a chokehold and Lowe hit her in the face.

"The woman [is] holding my legs and the man keeps on asking the woman if she has the knife, and the woman is fumbling in her purse," the victim recalled. "At this point, I'm panicking. I'm terrified. I don't know what's going to happen."

Lowe then drove the victim’s car to a Motel 6 in Miami where Hurley booked a room using the victim’s credit card, police said.

"You never think you would pay to get raped," the woman said, choking back tears. 

Once inside, the couple took turns sexually abusing the victim and held her for hours against her will. When Hurley and Lowe became distracted with the victim's phone she ran out out of the motel room naked, a police report said.

"Of course, the first opportunity I saw, I took it," the woman said. 

The next day, the couple entered a convenience store naked and grabbed sodas without paying. Police arrested the naked couple a block away from the store.

"These people are not well, they are sick and demented," Silva said. 

The 28-year-old said she was stunned that the couple was allowed to book the room using her credit card without providing the motel proper identification. She said she wants the motel to look into this and prevent a similar situation from ever happening to anyone else.

"I don't want this to ever happen to any other woman. This can happen to anybody," the victim said. 

The victim and her attorney said they intend to file a lawsuit against Motel 6 for allowing the suspects use the woman's credit card without identification. Motel 6 has not responded to NBC 6's request for comment on the incident.

Del Mar Racing season is all about the horses but, on Opening Day 2017, the seaside track in San Diego's North County will be, as usual, all about the hats.

More than 40,000 horse racing fans are expected to attend Del Mar Opening Day on Wednesday, many sporting their flashiest, most ornate toppers for the 23rd annual Opening Day Hats Contest.

This year, the colorful competition takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Plaza de Mexico inside the Stretch Run admission gates. The contest is free to watch, and those who are interested in participating can register at the event for free.

One by one, contestants will strut their stuff, showcasing their fancy, elaborate hats as they compete to win their share of more than $5,000 in total prizes.

The competition includes five categories, with contestants judged on creativity and style: “Most Glamorous,” “Best Racing Theme,” “Funniest/Most Outrageous,” “Best Fascinator,” and “Flowers/All Other.”

This year, first place winners in each category will receive a $300, plus a Studio Savvy gift basket valued at $250. Second place winners will walk away with $200, while third place winners score $100. 

The biggest winner of the day – the Bing Crosby Grand Prize winner – will receive a one-night stay at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar and a multi-course dinner for two with wine pairings at Del Mar’s lavish Addison Restaurant. This prize is worth more than $1,000.

According to organizers, the Opening Day contest was officially established in 1995. Each year, the competition is fierce with hardcore hat enthusiasts turning out by the droves to show off their creations.

Many spend months meticulously designing that perfect hat to match their Opening Day attire flawlessly. Year after year, hundreds of participants enter the Hats Contest, making it the place to see and be seen on Opening Day.

Tickets to Del Mar Opening Day cost $15 per person; the first horse race is at 2 p.m.

The 2017 Del Mar Racing season runs through Sept. 4, with the track closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. General Stretch Run admission tickets cost $6 per person. On most Fridays and Saturdays throughout the season, entertainment includes a concert on the Seaside Stage after the final race of the day.

SoundDiego shares details on those concerts here. For the full calendar of events going down at the track this season, visit the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club website.

Notorious jewel thief Doris Payne was arrested Monday for allegedly shoplifting at an Atlanta-area Walmart, NBC News reported.

Payne, known for her international jewel heists spanning six decades, claimed that she forgot to pay for the items she had shoplifted after taking medicine. A security officer at Walmart offered a different account, saying that Payne had piled items into her purse.

The 86-year-old woman, whose past offenses were chronicled in a Netflix documentary, was booked on a shoplifting charge and released from the City of Chamblee Jail after the items had been returned to the store.

"Thieving was the farthest thing from my mind," she told NBC News by phone on Tuesday.

Irvine-based Limelight Investments LLC has purchased the historic mansion housing the Britt Scripps Inn in Bankers Hill for $3.85 million, according to CoStar Group and public data.

The seller of the hotel property, at 406 Maple St., was Neo Romax Inc. of El Monte. The buyer was represented by Steve Murillo of First Manhattan Mortgage, and the seller was represented by Daniel Park of Coldwell Banker Commercial.

The nine-room property, most recently operated as a bed-and-breakfast hotel, was originally built in 1887.

Two weeks after Fourth of July fireworks, nearly two dozen dogs are still waiting for their owners to claim them from three animal shelters in San Diego County.

Many of the dogs may have ended up there because they ran off at the sound of the fireworks’ booms and whistles.

The shelters are required to hold dogs without identification for three business days, not counting the day the dog was rescued or the day the shelters were closed. After that time, the dogs are put up for adoption. 

The owners of animals with ID were notified by phone and by mail. The shelters are only required to hold those dogs for five business days.

For some owners, that time period ended last week and the dogs started going up for adoption.

“We still have many dogs that weren’t picked up by their owners,” said County Animal Services Director Daniel DeSousa.

“We’d rather reunite these dogs with their proper owners, but if they’re not claimed within the required time period, then we must change our focus and get these animals into new homes,” stated DeSousa.

If someone is missing their dog, they can check County Animal Services website, the adoption page or visit the three shelters to see if their runaway pets are there.

Owners should check the surrounding shelters as well because dogs can run from one jurisdiction to another.

Local athletes say having the Olympic Games in Los Angeles could bring the nation together and inspire the next generation of U.S. Olympians.

“It’s one thing for the Olympics to be going on across the world; everyone is watching, and you’re proud that someone is representing your country. But something about a home field advantage," said Alex Elkin, a member of the U.S. rugby team.

He's been training at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

LA put forward a "no risk bid" for the right to host the 2024 Summer Games, Mayor Eric Garcetti told NBC News. The city is competing against Paris, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) seeking a deal between the two candidate cities.

Elkin is excited about the possibility of the Games being held in the U.S. again. 

"Being so close to something at such a high caliber level can really strike passion in anybody," said Elkin.

Having the Olympic Games in the U.S. during 1996 encouraged Elkins as a young kid to become an Olympian. Now he is a professional rugby player training for the U.S. Olympic Team.

Elkin was five years old during the Atlanta Games, when he watched Michael Jordan break the 200 and 400-meter Olympic record. It was not until that moment, Elkins felt connected to something much bigger than himself and a passion started to grow. From then on, he wanted to be an Olympian and strive to be the best.

Elkin believes having the Olympics in LA will encourage other young people to strive to be an Olympian.

“It is the next generation that is going to be watching the Games, hopefully seeing me on the field, and saying ‘That’s what I want to do,'" said Elkin.

Alise Post, a silver medalist in Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer for the 2016 Rio Games who lives in Chula Vista, would love to see the Olympics come back to LA, not only to put the spotlight back on the Olympics and all the amazing U.S. athletes but also because BMX originated in Southern California.

Elkins was originally planning on retiring after the 2020 Games. However, after getting word of the Games possibly being in LA, he decided four more years was doable, especially if it meant being able to compete in the Olympics on home turf.

Post feels similarly about aiming for 2024.

“It would be a pretty big stretch for me to compete in BMX then. But if it is in LA, it would be worth fighting to be a part of. We will just have to see how age and injury hold up,” said Post.

When the Olympics were held in LA in 1984, the LA84 Foundation was formed. It has introduced millions of children to Olympic and Paralympic sports over the last 30 years, trained 75,000 coaches and invested $225 million in 2,200 community-based youth sports programs.

LA and Paris must reach an agreement with the IOC that will determine which city gets 2024 and which gets 2028. For older athletes, this could be their last chance to compete in Olympic Games hosted in the U.S.

Police took one suspect into custody after a pursuit through National City Tuesday.

It happened around 11 a.m. when officers tried to pull over a vehicle for an unknown reason, on the 3100 block of East 19th Street, according to police. The driver refused to pull over and blew through several stop signs.

After a police chase, the suspect pulled into the driveway of a home. At least one person was taken into custody after the pursuit ended, said officers.

San Diego police and National City police are investigating. No further information was immediately available.

San Diego's Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has expanded their schedule to accommodate the thousands of tourists visiting the city for Comic-Con. 

Tourists and local alike heading to Comic-Con International can take the Green Line, UC San Diego Blue Line, and Orange Line to get downtown. For a full list of times, visit the MTS Comic-Con page.  

Commemorative passes will also be available for purchase during Comic-Con at the following transit centers:

• Qualcomm Stadium: Wednesday 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday to Friday 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday 6:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Fashion Valley: Wednesday 2:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., Thursday to Friday 6:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday 6:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday 6:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Hazard Center: Thursday to Saturday 6:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Old Town: Wednesday 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday to Saturday 6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sunday 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Convention Center: Wednesday 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Thursday to Friday 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• Gaslamp: Wednesday 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Thursday to Friday 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Saturday 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

You can also use your phone as your transit pass with Compass Cloud. Click here to download the app.

To purchase special event Comic-Con passes on Compass Cloud, select the ‘Special Event’ service, then select the preferred pass type.

Comic-Con special event passes cannot be activated until July 19, and are only valid for consecutive days within the duration of Comic-Con.

MTS would like to remind people to plan ahead and check departure times to make sure your transportation to Comic-Con is as stress-free as possible.

It started off as a family vacation to remember: walks on sandy beaches, poolside relaxation and a tropical atmosphere.

But what was supposed to be a relaxing getaway quickly turned into a horrific nightmare, and now, a Wisconsin family is searching for answers after their 20-year-old daughter suddenly died at a Mexico resort earlier this year.

The family of Abbey Conner says the college student was on winter break with her older brother, mother and stepdad in Playa del Carmen when Conner mysteriously suffered a "traumatic brain injury."

John and Ginny McGowan, Conner’s mother and stepdad, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel they had spent their afternoon relaxing by the pool while their children swam. Just before 6 p.m., the couple went up to their rooms to get ready for dinner with their children, but when they arrived in the lobby to meet them an hour later, they realized something was wrong.

Ginny McGowan said she asked the hotel desk to call her children’s room, but the employee quickly appeared flustered. She told the Journal Sentinel hotel workers said her children had been in an accident and she needed to go to a nearby hospital.

Both Abbey and her brother Austin, who had spent part of their afternoon at a poolside bar, were found unconscious, face down in chest-deep water.

Iberostar Paraiso Resort confirmed the two received "immediate medical attention" by on-staff doctors, paramedics and security guards before they were taken to a hospital. 

Austin survived, but Abbey Conner was transferred to a hospital in Cancun and later flown to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the publication reports. There, doctors confirmed Conner was brain-dead.

On Jan. 12, the family decided to withdraw life support and donate Conner’s organs.

But months later, they still don’t know what actually happened to their daughter.

The Journal Sentinel reports the official cause of death was "accidental drowning," but family said they have doubts about that ruling.

Conner’s brother reportedly told the publication the duo had done a few shots together before a group invited them to do a shot together. They all drank one, and that was the last thing he remembers before waking up in an ambulance.

According to the report, Austin Conner's blood-alcohol level was 0.26 and Abbey's was 0.25. 

A police report was given to the family for the first time last week, which includes statements from three staffers who arrived at the scene and pulled the kids from the water, family members told the Journal Sentinel. It does not contain any statements from hotel guests, the bartender or a woman who alerted hotel staff after seeing the Conners in the pool, the family said.

"My kids were at this hotel for less than two hours. The last thing my son remembers is having a drink in the pool," the children's father, Bill Conner, who was not in Mexico at the time, told NBC affiliate WMTV in April. "The next thing my son remembers is they woke up in the hospital. Somebody got to them… This was at 5:30 in the afternoon, daylight, exclusive hotel and you just don't think it'll happen to you."

"It's all too convenient," the McGowans’ attorney, Florentino Ramirez, told the Journal Sentinel. "If it was an accident, where was everybody? It just doesn't make sense. There are too many open ends."

Iberostar Paraiso Resort released a statement to say they are taking the situation "very seriously" and that the company "has always remained cooperative."

"The safety and security of guests is utmost priority for us," the statement said. "We are deeply saddened by this incident and reiterate our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family."

A State Department official confirmed to NBC 5 the department is “aware of this case.”

“We extend our sincere condolences to family and friends,” the official said in a statement. “In cases of U.S. citizens injured overseas, the Department of State works to provide all appropriate consular assistance. Out of respect for the family, we have no further comment.” 

Conner's organs went on to save the lives of four others, her family said. 

Bill Conner has since rode his bicycle 2,000 miles across the country, from Madison to Fort Lauderdale, to the hospital where his daughter took her last breath. The ride raised money for Donate Life America in an effort to honor his "daughter's good deeds and empower others to the same." 

"Organ donation and carrying Abbey's name forward, that's what she'd want me to do," Conner told WMTV.

A GoFundMe page for the ride raised more than $23,000.