     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS PART OF A GROUP OF FIVE ADULTS AND FIVE CHILDREN, INCLUDING THE DECEASED'S MOTHER, WHO HAD BEEN AT A PARTY IN HIALEAH WHERE THE DECEASED'S MOTHER AND OTHER ADULTS WERE CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.  THEY WENT TO MIAMI BEACH AND PARKED THEIR VEHICLES (2) AT 1 OCEAN DRIVE, IN FRONT OF PENRODS.  PART OF THE GROUP WENT TO PENROD TO USE THE PHONE AND THE DECEASED'S MOTHER, OTHER TWO CHILDREN AND OTHER ADULTS WENT TO THE BEACH.  ABOUT FIFTEEN (15) MINUTES LATER, THE TWO GROUPS MET AGAIN, AND AT THAT TIME THEY NOTICED THAT THE DECEASED WAS MISSING AND BEGAN SEARCHING FOR HER. FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER, THE DECEASED WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE, IN THE WATER.  A CITIZEN THAT HEARD THE YELLING AND SCREAMING OF THE FAMILY RESPONDED AND BEGAN CPR.
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     FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED, INITIATED CPR AND TRANSPORTED THE DECEASED TO MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 12:10 AM., AUGUST 5,1996.    THERE WERE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AND A ROUGH SURF AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.