Police are reviewing video from the pool for clues in the death of 36-year-old Marie Joseph.
In this Monday, June 27, 2011 photo, children rinse off at one of the new shower stanchions alongside the public swimming pool at Lafayette Park in Fall River, Mass. The body of Marie Joseph, 36, was found floating in the pool late Tuesday. She was seen swimming at the pool Sunday and had not been seen since. Officials are investigating whether her body was in the pool for more than two days while other people continued to swim. FALL RIVER — Police are looking over surveillance video and state officials have ordered an internal investigation as authorities try to determine how a body wound up in a public pool in Massachusetts and how long it was there.
Fall River Mayor William Flanagan said Thursday that police are reviewing video from the pool for clues in the death of 36-year-old Marie Joseph. Officials are investigating the possibility that Joseph’s body was at the bottom of the pool for more than two days while other people swam.
A 9-year-old boy whom Joseph was watching has told police she slipped on a water slide Sunday and went under. Her body was discovered Tuesday night.