Overview

• Police dive teams resumed their search in the canal on July 22 for any remains of Andres Alejandro Santana Hernandez.
• Authorities have opened a formal investigation to examine the circumstances of the adolescent’s fatal fall into the waterway.
• Officials cautioned that Morelet’s crocodiles are highly unpredictable and urged visitors to avoid the canal’s edges.
• The 14-year-old was remembered by local parish leaders and the fire department following his death on July 18.
• Morelet’s crocodiles, which can exceed three metres in length and weigh up to 400 pounds, have been linked to at least a dozen human fatalities in the region.