ST. THOMAS — A man was found dead at Frenchmann’s Bay here on Friday, and another was discovered by the coastguard unresponsive near Water Island also on Friday, the latter having been classified as a drowning incident, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson revealed on Saturday. Both victims were Caucasian males.<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Jackson, citing a police report, at about 11:08 a.m. on Friday, officers were dispatched by the 911 emergency call center to a residence located in Frenchman\u2019s Bay in relation to the discovery of a suicide victim.<\/p>\n
Responding officers observed the unresponsive body of a Caucasian male, propped against a column with a hose attached to the column. The neighbor who called 911 said he discovered the man hanging from the column with the hose around his neck like a noose. The neighbor hurriedly cut the hose and sat the body against the column and then called 911.<\/p>\n
The suicide victim has been identified as 26-year-old Michael Austin, who suffered with acute depression, according to the release.<\/p>\n
As for the drowning incident, at about \u00a011:08 a.m. on the same day, the 911 emergency call center dispatched officers to a drowning that had occurred near Water Island.<\/p>\n
Responding officers were directed to the Coast Guard dock, where they observed the unresponsive body of a Caucasian male that had been listed as dead on arrival (DOA).<\/p>\n
According to statements given to officers, the drowned man had been involved in a diving excursion with visiting relatives when he experienced difficulties during the dive, causing him to drown.<\/p>\n
The deceased was later identified as 65-year-old Warren Thomas Murphy, a longtime resident of St. Thomas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ST. THOMAS — A man was found dead at Frenchmann’s Bay here on Friday, and another was discovered by the coastguard unresponsive near Water Island also on Friday, the latter having been classified as a drowning incident, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson revealed on Saturday. Both victims were Caucasian males. According to Mr. Jackson, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228,11,2474,147],"tags":[4152,4155,4153,4154],"yoast_head":"\n