The Arizona police are now going to concentrate their investigation on James Ray as the one responsible on the tragedy that happened last October 8, 2009 since he was the one who conducted the retreat. The reason on how the tragedy happened is not yet clear until now. There were three participants died on this horrifying incident and leave some of the participants with dehydration, kidney failure, and burns. Kirby Brown and James Shore died on the day of tragedy while Liz Neuman was comatose for a couple of days but soon died.

According to some of the participants, who paid an amount of not less than 10,000 dollars, they were asked not to eat and drink for about 36 hours before entering the sweat lodge. The process is called the vision quest wherein they were situated in the Arizona desert. After 36 hours of fasting they all went to the sweat lodge and ate their very first breakfast after fasting. No one can really give a complete detail on what really happened on that day but most of the participant said that it is the lack of air that made them vomit and cause for some of the victim to collapse. However, according to the owners the sweat lodge has been used for several times and no similar problems occurred.

During that retreat the sweat lodge was filled with approximately 55 to 65 people, which is too much for a 415 sq ft space. The place is already crowded but Ray still continues his spiritual exercise and even added a volcanic rocks inside the lodge.

James Ray has not yet spoken about this tragedy but he will be facing the Arizona local police for the investigation. As the one liable for the death of three people he will be sentenced with murder or homicide if proven guilty.