This week actor Malcom Jamal Warner drown off the coast of Costa Rica after getting caught in a rip current [click here if you missed that].
Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency has officially ruled the drowning accidental...
From The Tico Times
The death of American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner has been confirmed as accidental drowning, according to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ). Warner, 54, was pulled under by a strong rip current on Sunday afternoon while swimming at Cocles Beach, a popular but often dangerous stretch of coastline near Puerto Viejo in the South Caribbean.
The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. while Warner was on vacation with his wife. Witnesses say a sudden current formed just after he entered the water. A surfer on the beach—who had previously volunteered as a lifeguard—attempted to intervene.
“He was there with his wife and saw what was going on,” a witness said. “He looked for the board and jumped in to help. The current pulled him (Warner) in fast and pulled him under.”
Though people on the beach responded quickly and emergency services arrived soon after, Warner showed no vital signs by the time he was pulled from the water. He was transported to the Puerto Viejo Clinic, where he was officially declared dead.
On Tuesday, the OIJ released autopsy findings confirming the cause of death as asphyxia by submersion. Warner’s body was later transferred to the Forensic Science Complex in San Joaquín de Flores, Heredia.
Sofía Córdoba, director of the Caribbean Guard Salvage Club, talked about the challenges of beach safety in the region. “We feel so overwhelmed. We want to be everywhere, to do everything, but we can’t,” she said. She noted that while families taking surf lessons are shown signs explaining the risks of currents, many other beachgoers don’t receive that level of warning.
Cocles Beach, while scenic, is known locally for its strong rip currents and the tragedy has reignited concerns about water safety and calls for better signage and trained personnel on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.
14 comments:
Okay, now I'm confused. At first he was there with his wife, then he was there alone. Then he was there with his daughter. Now, this is saying he was there with with his wife, and there's no mentioning of the daughter being rescued with him, so which one is it?
First it was an early morning swim, now it was in the afternoon.
Why are yall so hyper focused on details that don't matter or have any affect on the final outcome? The man passed by accidental drowning, the end. Who was there, the time of day, the color of his underwear DOES NOT MATTER.
@11:24 it does matter, especially when it comes to insurance claims. But, uh, they should stop putting out erroneous information. So if you don't like the fact that we're questioning, then they need to stop putting out multiple statements and get the facts straight. And while you may figure, we don't have a right to know anytime you open up and make things public, then, yes, the general public does have a right to know
This is a tragic and sad situation. But people who report news have a responsibility to be factual. It's hard to trust anything anymore and it shouldn't be that way. Now with AI it's getting even scarier.
@11:24 Nobody asked the silly questions you just presented
1.The insurance investigation,will ask the same questions you see here.There are a bunch of SIGNIFICANT unknowns
and alternate changing facts here.
2. Costa Rica is on the other side of world in an under developed nation with extreme poverty, where what we spend on breakfast in one day. Many people over there have to live off for month. Crime against tourist is an unfortunate way of survival for some.
3. Costa Rica has a reputation for corruption, as well, for being a safe heaven for bad people on the run, a couple of dollars can buy any out come you want, or any press report
for that matter.
4. There is Million Dollar Estate & Probably Million Dollar Insurance policy at stake here. That kind of money, THAT KIND OF MONEY is going to birth all types of scrutiny.
Wait for all the details to come out. It's your own fault for trying to put 2 and 2 together off initial reporting.
11:37 You don't have the right to know about anything that does not involve you directly friend. The only question you should ask is where your sense of entitlement comes from. You are not filing the insurance claim nor are you a beneficiary. Sounds like your beef is with snitch who was not there. Snitch is simply providing you with the information as it becomes available. Create your own blog if you think you can do better. Have a blessed day.
@12:34 sounds more like you need to be asking yourself the same question. Perhaps it is you who needs to start your own blog if you can't accept that others have a differing opinion than yours. This is a website where ALL opinions are welcomed, even those with whom you disagree.
from what I've noticed the initial reports are usually closest to the truth. It's the later reports that get skewed.
Stop trying to re-write the details.
Accidents can, do, & will occur.
Some people love a good conspiracy theory. Sometimes I do, too. But I don't think there's anything to this one. The ocean is dangerous.
^^ True, it was an accident. But the wildy conflicting official reports are telling. I recently heard the wife wasn't even in Costa Rica, not that it matters in the long run. The truth is very simple. When MJ died it wasn't this complicated to my remembrance.
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