Overview
- Manuel Jose Rosales Yajure, 27, was identified as the swimmer who disappeared July 10 at Naperville’s Centennial Beach and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
- Naperville Police Department and DuPage County Coroner’s Office investigators have found no signs of foul play and continue to probe the drowning.
- Rosales’s family has hired attorney Edward Witas to pursue legal action over concerns about the timeliness of the lifeguard response.
- Family lawyers allege video footage shows lifeguards waited nearly 30 minutes before locating the victim unconscious in the water.
- Centennial Beach reopened July 13 after a two-day closure, and the Naperville Park District says it is fully cooperating with investigators.