     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: JULY 22, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES WADING IN THE WATER IN THE AREA OF 71ST STREET IN THE OCEAN.  APPROX 20-30 MINUTES LATER, THE SAME WITNESSES OBSERVED HIM FLOATING NEAR SHORE.
     THE WITNESS REMOVED HIM FROM THE WATER AND INITIATED C.P.R. UNTIL LIFEGUARDS ARRIVED.  FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND CONTINUED RESUSCITATION, HOWEVER HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON THE SCENE.

     WITNESSES ALSO STATED THAT THE DECEASED HAD BEEN SEEN EARLIER DRINKING FROM A 32 OUNCE BOTTLE OF SCHLITZ MALT LIQUOR BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER.








