(NewsNation) — A constabulary main successful Costa Rica maintains that Malcolm-Jamar Warner, 54, was trying to prevention his daughter, who was besides successful the water, astatine the clip of his drowning.
Chief of the Tourist Police of the Atlantic Region Elberth León told Us Weekly that helium knows what helium saw erstwhile arriving astatine the scene.
“The Red Cross besides treated the miss [on site] and she didn’t request to spell to the clinic,” León said.
Conflicting statements connected Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death
Costa Rica’s Subdelegation of Bribri of the Judicial Investigation Agency challenged León’s assertion that the “The Cosby Show” histrion died trying to prevention his child, US Weekly reports.
“It appears that astatine 1 point, Mr. Warner was playing with his girl astatine the shoreline,” the bureau said. “He aboriginal near her retired of the h2o and supposedly entered the oversea on with a friend. It was astatine that infinitesimal that the existent pulled them in; the person managed to get out, but unfortunately, Mr. Warner did not.”
The Costa Rican Red Cross spokesperson said a 2nd individual was hospitalized following the incident.
The unidentified idiosyncratic was a 29-year-old antheral from Nicaragua, who was “swept distant by a current” arsenic helium was trying to prevention Warner, according to PEOPLE.
León told US Weekly that helium was confused by OIJ’s connection since they weren’t “present astatine the scene.”
“They interviewed Malcom’s family, but they besides weren’t determination astatine the clip of the accident,” helium said.
Warner died successful Costa Rica connected July 20 aft getting caught successful a existent astatine Playa Cocles successful Limon connected the country’s Caribbean coast, Costa Rican authorities confirmed. He was connected a household abrogation astatine the time, according to People.