3rd dead Disney World guest ID’d as aspiring NFL referee who had moved back in with parents

The third Disney World guest to die this month has been pictured days after the aspiring football referee reportedly jumped from the 12th floor of a hotel.

Matthew Alec Cohn, 28, died by suicide on Thursday at the Contemporary Resort hotel at the Orlando, Florida, attraction.

Pictures on his Instagram show the native of nearby Winter Garden wearing his referee uniform, captioned with the hashtag “PathToNFL.”

“Big-time players, make big-time plays,” he wrote in the caption under his last post, shared in September 2024 showing him blowing a whistle as a player steps into the end zone.

The Instagram account has since been made private.

Cohn was living in Los Angeles for several years, and appeared to be trying to make it as a musician.

A SoundCloud account with matching personal details has links to a number of tracks.

He also features in Instagram posts for a self-styled “alternative Christian” band called New Shepards.

A second Instagram account for Cohn based out of Los Angeles remains open.

After leaving LA, he briefly lived in Nashville, before records show he moved back in with his parents in the suburbs of Orlando last year.

He hadn’t posted on social media for over a year before his death.

Last Wednesday night, he checked into the Contemporary Resort hotel and paid for a room with cash, before jumping from the 12th floor the following day, the US Sun reported.

Cohn, who was also a high school lacrosse athlete, died of “multiple traumatic injuries,” an Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office spokesperson told The Post.

The death was ruled a suicide, the second at the Contemporary Resort hotel this month.

Disney super fan Summer Equitz, 31, died after flying to Florida from her home in Naperville, IL without telling her family.

Her body was found on Oct. 14.

Last Tuesday, a second guest died at Walt Disney World Resort, less than a mile from the Contemporary Resort.

The man in his 60s, who has not been named, died after reportedly experiencing a medical episode at the Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground section of the park, according to the OCSO.

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.