Overview

• An autopsy by Costa Rica’s Forensic Pathology Department ruled Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death accidental by asphyxia from submersion after he was swept away by a rip current on July 20.
• The Judicial Investigation Agency stated that Warner’s eight-year-old daughter remained on the shore when he entered the water with a friend and was never caught in the current.
• Surfers and a volunteer lifeguard pulled Warner and another swimmer out of the rip current and performed 45 minutes of CPR before he was pronounced dead at the scene.
• A 29-year-old Nicaraguan rescuer who joined the effort was treated in hospital in critical condition but has since recovered and been released without complications.
• Caribbean Guard, the volunteer lifeguard association, renewed its appeal for government support to bolster staffing and resources at challenging beaches.