     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, ON JULY 27,1996 AT 2:45 AM., TWO PERSONS WALKING ON THE BEACH IN THE 4600 BLOCK OF THE OCEAN, REPORTEDLY FOUND THE DECEASED APPARENTLY UNRESPONSIVE,  LYING PRONE ON THE SAND AT THE SHORE LINE.  
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     POLICE WAS NOTIFIED AND UPON RESPONDING FOUND THE DECEASED EXPIRED. HE HAD A PLASTIC "POOL" FLOAT TIED TO HIS LEFT LEG WITH ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET OF ROPE. WAS CLAD ONLY ON GREY SHORTS, BUT HIS BELONGINGS (A VYNIL BAG WITH CLOTHES AND MISCELANEOUS PAPERS AND IDENTIFICATION INSIDE) WAS FOUND NEARBY.  THE OCEAN SURF WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH AND IT APPEARS THAT THE DECEASED WAS IN THE SURF, AND HAD HIS FLOAT TIED TO HSI LEG NOT TO LOOSE IT, AND MAY HAVE FALLEN INTO THE ROUGH SURF POSSIBLY HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE OCEAN ROCKS, AND DROWNED.  PAPERS IN HIS BELONGINGS REVEALED THAT HE HAD BEEN RECENTLY RELEASED FROM A DETENTION CENTER; PAPERS INCLUDED A CHECK DATED JULY 21,1996 FROM MONROE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.                                                                              
