      ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:     THE DECEASED WAS 
AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT AT THE TREASURE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996, HE REPORTEDLY ASKED HIS GRAND-MOTHER FOR MONEY TO BUY ICE CREAM AT ABOUT 4:00 PM, HE LEFT THE HOUSE AND NEVER CAME BACK. FAMILY MEMBERS BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR HIM UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. POLICE WERE ADVISED, AND A MISSING PERSON REPORT WAS FILED. 
      ON SUNDAY, AT ABOUT 8:19 AM, A NEIGHBOR WAS LOOKING OUT OF HER UP 
STAIRS WINDOW AND SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BODY FLOATING IN THE CANAL BEHIND HER RESIDENCE AND CALLED POLICE. HIS REMAINS WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE WATER BY POLICE DIVERS. 
	ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS, THE DECEASED KNEW HOW TO SWIM 
AND WAS KNOWN TO PLAY IN THE SAME CANAL WITH OTHER FRIENDS ON OCCASION. 
 

