	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION:  ON JULY 13, 1996, AT 
ABOUT 4:00 PM, THE DECEASED AND A FRIEND WERE WALKING THE SURF LINE OF MIAMI BEACH WHEN HE WALKED OFF INTO A DEPT OVER HIS HEAD. AS A RESULT, HE BEGAN TO PANIC AND GRABBED HIS FRIEND WHO IN TURN BEGAN TO FEAR FOR HER LIFE AND SWAN TO SHORE. THE DECEASED WAS OUT OF SIGHT AND VIEW FOR ABOUT 50 MINUTES. HE WAS DISCOVERED BY THE OPERATOR OF A JET SKII WHO ASSISTED MARINE PATROL BY TRANSPORTING THE BODY TO SHORE. A VISUAL IDENTIFICATON WAS MADE BY THE FEMALE COMPANION,  A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE DECEASED BY POLICE REVEALED NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA.  	