Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Daughter Not In Water During Drowning

Regardless of earlier experiences, Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s daughter was not within the water throughout his drowning and was protected onshore.

Officers in Costa Rica have offered new particulars clarifying the timeline of occasions that led to Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s tragic passing on Monday, July 21. Regardless of earlier experiences that his daughter was additionally rescued from the water, Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Company (OIJ) informed Folks on July 24 that she was not within the water with him when he drowned.

“Mr. Warner was enjoying together with his daughter on the seashore at one level. He then left her out of the water, and he and a pal of his entered the ocean,” the assertion—which was translated from Spanish to English—learn. “It was at that second that they have been swept away by the present, and the pal managed to get out. Nonetheless, Mr. Warner was unable to get out and was pulled out by a number of folks on the seaside. He obtained care from Purple Cross officers, however was pronounced useless on the scene.”

The OIJ beforehand confirmed to the outlet that Warner’s reason for loss of life was dominated “asphyxiation by submersion.” The Costa Rican Nationwide Police formally recognized his physique and can be “faraway from the Judicial Morgue by a funeral service firm employed and licensed by Mr. Warner’s household.”

The Medical Director for the Talamanca Well being Space, Dr. Mauricio Solano Corella, beforehand confirmed {that a} 29-year-old man was on the scene making an attempt to rescue Warner. He was “handled, discovered to be secure, and was discharged with out issues,” the physician informed Folks in a press release.

Warner was 54 on the time of his loss of life. He’s survived by his spouse and his daughter, whose identities have been by no means publicly revealed.