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Man Found Dead in Brockton Backyard Swimming Pool

Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County district attorney’s office are leading an inquiry that will depend on medical examiner testing.

Overview

  • Police were called to a home on Michael Drive for a possible drowning and found an adult male deceased in the backyard pool on Monday morning.
  • Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County district attorney’s office and Brockton police opened the investigation at the scene.
  • The Plymouth County district attorney’s office identified the victim as Louis-Mond Augustin, 31, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.
  • Authorities have not released any evidence of foul play and officials say the cause of death remains undetermined pending autopsy and toxicology testing.
  • The pool death follows several recent water recoveries in the Brockton area earlier in July, a pattern that local officials say investigators are considering as they probe the case.