Scuba diver perhaps kills wife

I saw this story on 20/20 or some other TV show several weeks ago.

He did it.

 

Really bizarre.

Stories of people killing "loved ones" for money. How many have actually gotten away with it completely? I mean, no one even suspects them of anything?

 

I also saw the 20/20 story, they didn't say that he actually killed her, but it seemed like he did. The weird part was when the instructor said when she was learning how to scuba, she said she had to do this, or he would kill her, and he didn't do anything about it. I believe he killed her aswell, unless there was something else in the water at the time, and when they said there were others passing by, it seemed really weird, that someone else would be there at the same time, watching them "hug" while he probably tampered with her oxygen.

 

The part that gets me is the Article says The guy had completed a rescue diver course. Yet first he gets into a position to have his mask ripped off by a panicking diver and two he decides to surface instead of going after her when she was sinking but in plain sight.

Now anybody that has been through a rescue course should have been taught to get behind a diver so that chances are less that the rescuer is robbed of his equipment and he can either get the destressed diver to calm down or start an accent to the surface. If he had gotten behing her before getting within reach He might still have got his mask knocked off but by that time he should have had a grip on her and been able to start an accent.

I have helped my friend and instructor with check outs for Rescue Courses for about 10 years now. I have played the panicking diver many times and I can tell you if one of the students approached me from the front they are not likely to make that mistake again. I will do everything to them I can think of with actually drowning them.

If I had sight of her sinking as it said in the article I would have at least attempted to chase her down until I reached her or I had reached a level that would have put both our lives in danger. Sport diving 100 feet is the limit most accept for a planned dive. I would probably push past that mark if I was close catching her. Judging that one of the crew on the boat went down and brought he up that she was not to deep for him to at least attempt to save her.

If I was on the jury and having completed and help instruct rescue courses I would have no doubt thinking he killed her. He would have to have some good excuse I can't think of to convince me that someone with his experience and training could not have at least gotten her to the surface.

 

I read this story a few weeks ago, was wondering what the investigation results would be:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24713499/

I know I shouldn't jump to conclusions, innocent until guilty.....but after reading this story...hang 'em!

She sinks, arms outstreched toward him...he watched Casino Royale too many times. If I was drowning, I KNOW I would be trying to walk on water.

 

+1. What cessnav8or says is very correct.

This is a crock.

I (and my wife) have only a few dives under our weight belts (>250). We stopped at Advanced Open Water and w/NITROX Certs were we are certified to dive any blend.

We have dove accidentally in currents (downdraft) along underwater cliffs so strong, air bubbles would hang motionless or even descend with the bottom a quarter to half mile below. We've had masks ripped right off due to current a couple of times. Drifted as far as about 1.5 miles underwater in nice moving rift dive currents. We have been below 140 ft routinely and below 190 ft on air on several occasions. We have made dives in 15 ft of water that scared the living crap outta us both. Went snorkeling in 4 ft of water that darn near killed us. We have dived in the open ocean with miles of water below us. I too have assisted teaching basic and advanced scuba classes. In short, we have some diversified experience but consider ourselves slightly above novices always watching and listening. We always learn something or in our minds it was an OK but not GREAT day of diving.

With my limited experience, this story of leaving his wife to get help in 100 lousy feet of water with a diving certification academically/technically above mine is total BS. A hundred feet of water? HUH?!?!?!? Even if what he said was true and he could not catch her or catch her and reverse their downward plunge to the bottom, so what? Land on the bottom, ensure both could breath using his aux regular if required (he also could have done that, on the way to the bottom), drop weight belts and head up. From her instructor's recall in the quarry as she was undergoing certification, sounds like this was too do-able.

No doubt in my mind, this guy did it.

 

Sounds like a couple awesome stories. Would you mind elaborating?

 

The dive was only 50'. It's easy to get up from that depth. She must of been overweighted a lot. I think he screwed up and let her drown.

 

Perhaps she was the niece of Georgia Frontiere? If so, she deserved it!

 

Thanks MWR!! At least you got some stories out of it. Most of my stories end up with me in the hospital, but none involving the water.

 

Put him in a dunking chair.
If he survives he's aided by the Devil; Burn him !