	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  ON JULY 10, 1996, THE
DECEASED WAS IN THE AREA OF SILVER BLUE LAKE WITH FRIENDS AT ABOUT 2:00 PM. THE DECEASED TOOK OFF HIS CLOTHES ALONG WITH HIS FRIENDS, STEPPED ONTO AN UNDER WATER CONCRETE POLE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT HE APPARENTLY STEPPED OFF OR SLIPPED OFF OF THE POLE INTO THE WATER AND BEGAN TO SPLASH AROUND, CALLING FOR HELP. HIS FRIENDS ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HIS BUT WERE UNABLE TO BECAUSE HE IN PANIC, PULLED THEM UNDER WATER.  ANOTHER FRIEND ATTEMPTED TO HELP  FROM SHORE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO.  FIRE RESCUE UNITS RESPONDED AND WERE ABLE TO LOCATE HIM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE. RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS WERE INITIATED SA HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTHSHORE MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 3:01 PM.  
	THE DECEASED HAD ADVISED HIS FRIENDS THAT HE KNEW HOW TO SWIM. 	