Author Topic: Body Found in Public Pool 2 Days After Drowning (Read 7510 times)

Ben · « **on:** July 01, 2011, 04:11:15 PM »

Holy crap. I have to wonder if the story is even accurate. If so, simply bizarre. First, that the kid told lifeguards someone was in trouble and they apparently did nothing. Then, the more bizarre part, that the pool was used for two days and no one saw the body.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/woman-dies-in-public-pool-in-fall-river-25-apx-20110629

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #1 on:** July 01, 2011, 04:16:17 PM »

Saw the story yesterday. A whole lot of red flags go up. Kinda hard to miss a human body in a swimming pool unless said human died during a time when the pool was closed for a couple of days. Even if the pool is only lightly used, that's still many people and many pairs of eyes in and around the pool, not including the lifeguard(s).

Brad

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2011, 04:28:29 PM »

The article says that health inspectors also checked the pool on Mon. and Tues. and DIDN'T SEE A DEAD WOMAN IN THE POOL! Just when you thought the govt. couldn't possibly be any less competent...

vaskidmark · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2011, 05:51:37 PM »

Quote from: The artist formerly known as fistful on July 01, 2011, 04:28:29 PM

The article says that health inspectors also checked the pool on Mon. and Tues. and DIDN'T SEE A DEAD WOMAN IN THE POOL! Just when you thought the govt. couldn't possibly be any less competent...

Who says I ever thought there was a lower limit to the competence of the gooberment?

stay safe.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2011, 06:49:37 PM »

That's why I have a Red Flag Warning. As incompetent as some .gov reps can be, even they have eyeballs. And that's not counting the people who would have been in the pool during the day.

Brad

MillCreek · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:29:36 PM »

The USA Today article described the water as 'murky'. Even more attractive to swim in, then.

Viking · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:36:04 PM »

Had I found out about a body in the pool I had been swimming in, I think I would've scrubbed my own skin off in disgust

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Ben · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2011, 08:46:55 PM »

Quote from: Viking on July 01, 2011, 08:36:04 PM

Had I found out about a body in the pool I had been swimming in, I think I would've scrubbed my own skin off in disgust .

I think I would have done so even without the dead body, given the "murky" description.

Tallpine · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2011, 09:32:34 PM »

I just saw a picture of the pool on fox news.com - it's a murky green and you could hide most anything in their that didn't float.

Apparently the body bloated and popped up after two days

AmbulanceDriver · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:08:33 AM »

'scuse while I go have an attack of the heebie-jeebies over in the corner.....

MechAg94 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:36:00 AM »

I can almost see if the water wasn't really clear and the pool was very deep, it could go unnoticed, but that still would mean the lifeguards and such cleaning the pool and checking it out at the beginning and end of the day barely bothered to look in the pool.

MillCreek · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:46:58 AM »

A follow up article said that the water was murky green, submerged visibility was 3-4 feet and the body was in the deep end of the pool, 12 feet deep, before it began to float.

gunsmith · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:51:47 AM »

I don't get why they didn't do a complete search after the youngster(s) told the lifeguards some one didn't come back up.

AmbulanceDriver · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2011, 12:32:59 PM »

Quote from: gunsmith on July 02, 2011, 11:51:47 AM

I don't get why they didn't do a complete search after the youngster(s) told the lifeguards some one didn't come back up.

Because that would involve, like, doing work and stuff......

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #14 on:** July 02, 2011, 12:57:26 PM »

Quote from: MillCreek on July 02, 2011, 11:46:58 AM

A follow up article said that the water was murky green, submerged visibility was 3-4 feet and the body was in the deep end of the pool, 12 feet deep, before it began to float.

See, that's another one of those red flag things. If the water was that nasty no one in their right mind would have been swimming there, much less the health dept giving the ok for the place to be open. There's wayyyyyyyyy to many questions on this on. I suppose I'll just have to be patient (blech) and wait for the final determination.

Brad

Waitone · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2011, 04:52:30 PM »

Why would a sane person swim in a pool in that condition.
http://www.businessinsider.com/dead-woman-in-pool-massachusetts-2011-7

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2011, 07:00:25 PM »

I used to work under a guy whose other role was municipal health officer. I cannot even imagine allowing a pool with visibility of only 3 to 4 feet under water to remain open for even 15 seconds.

I also can't imagine anyone voluntarily entering an open cesspool like that ... not even in Fall River, MA.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #17 on:** July 02, 2011, 07:42:20 PM »

Quote from: Waitone on July 02, 2011, 04:52:30 PM

Why would a sane person swim in a pool in that condition.
http://www.businessinsider.com/dead-woman-in-pool-massachusetts-2011-7

Whoever posted that photo with the article needs their press card revoked... now. Look under the photo in the article and click on the source link to the photo owner's flickr account. There, the pic is clearly labeled "Kings Meadow Pool, Reading" It's a pool in Berkshire, England. There's even a wiki entry for it, complete with the SAME PHOTO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Meadow_swimming_pool

Journalistic integrity? NOT!!

Brad

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2011, 12:31:57 AM »

Thanks for digging that up, Brad.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2011, 07:29:50 AM »

I can see that happening at a lake, but a pool?

Ew, ew, ew, ew!

Antibubba · « **Reply #20 on:** July 03, 2011, 04:21:38 PM »

This is going to get even more strange, because in the 2 to 3 days before they found her, and that pool was mobbed with people (I'm watching the videos). There is no way a dark body would not be noticed in all that time!

Antibubba · « **Reply #21 on:** July 03, 2011, 04:24:32 PM »

OMG!! Hasn't Whitey Bulger been returned to Boston? It's so obvious now!!!

CNYCacher · « **Reply #22 on:** July 03, 2011, 06:35:58 PM »

If the water really was that murky, then the story is only as unbelievable as the part where the kid told the lifeguard and no one did anything.

In murky water, the lifeguards should have been on heightened awareness around the slide / deep water. One person goes down the slide, one person comes up. In the story, the vicitm and the boy went down the slide together. I am sure this is against the rules. The guard was probably distracted, checking someone else, etc. Didn't notice that two people exited the slide, heard the splash, looked over and sees a little boy come up and swim to the side. One splash, one kid. All is well. . .

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #23 on:** July 03, 2011, 09:27:01 PM »

Quote from: Antibubba on July 03, 2011, 04:21:38 PM

This is going to get even more strange, because in the 2 to 3 days before they found her, and that pool was mobbed with people (I'm watching the videos). There is no way a dark body would not be noticed in all that time!

I disagree. I watched a video that included some views from a helicopter. The racing lanes, which are NOT in the deepest part of the pool, are fuzzy at the shallowest part and basically become invisible in the part that's deepest and closest to where the slide is located.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #24 on:** July 04, 2011, 12:40:30 AM »

I'm still hung up on the part where a municipal pool could be that nasty. Even here in Podunkia the you could see a quarter on the bottom of the 12' deep end of the pool.

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Author Topic: Body Found in Public Pool 2 Days After Drowning (Read 7510 times)