sharing few details, even with good friends like local marina owner, bill. do you remember the first time you saw him? yes. i gave him a hug. it was tears, from both of us. the top here, along rhode island, was that david wasn t acting the way a grieving widower should. to some people who, he was detached at her memorial service. to others, it looked as though he was living it up on the $600,000 he received after shelley s death. and, a few months after losing his wife, he started dating again. going on main street, on how shelley fell underwater, some locals who knew the way around scuba thought, it didn t add up. certainly, when you go up, and down, it was people on both sides that they can t do. it could it be that it was remotely possible that david swain had something to do with his wife, charles, death?
over towards the wreath area to see if there is something there to see. but, according to the prosecutor, 5 to 10 minutes into the dive is exactly when shelley died. here s why, as laid out by experts. the prosecutor said that based on the amount of oxygen used from chile s air tank on the fateful last time, they estimated, she had taken her last breath at about eight minutes into the dive. meaning, after eight minutes underwater, she had drowned. the experts then said it, given swain s description of his dive, and eight minutes in, swain would have been right where shelley was, right when she was drowning. obviously, he was there, with her. further, it goes to tell you, when he swims away, according to him, looks back to see her, and she is fine, it cannot be true. why would he do it, the prosecutor asked? just take a snapshot of shelley and david s life before their vacation, he said. shelley had recently taken a new job, to spend more time with her husband, but, she had also
ten minutes into the dive, she appeared fine, but somehow, at some point in what should have been a pleasant little dive before lunch, something went gravely amiss. david swain says he s surfaced alone and spoke to christian. my first question, was is shelley back yet? he said no, i said okay. looks like you are going in? at that moment, is there any alarm but she has not broken the surface? he was not alarmed, i was not alarmed. christian then started his dive. he later gave a statement that between the outer line of the wrecks, he found something off shelley s fin, like this one, sticking out of the sand. when you got closer to the wrecks he found shelley herself, lying on the ocean for, face up, eyes open, near one end of the boats. he quickly grabbed her and brought her to the surface. then christian does come back? he does not come back, he surfaces, screaming. what did you hear in his voice? words? alarm? the word was emergency. swain hopped in the dinghy and
two wrecks sitting next to each other, bow to stern, there is a small gap between them. that is fish life. david swain, and his friend were both certified scuba instructors. between them, they had more than 1000 dives between their belts. and shelley tyre was no novice. in her book, she recorded more than 350 dives. now, divers with comparable experience will tell you that diving the twin wrecks site is a nice, flat sandy bottom, great visibility and minimal currents. it is about as challenging as a walk in the park on a sunny day. at about noon that day, the caribbean soul tied up at the twin wrecks, nabbing the sole motoring buoy, it is sometimes busy tourist ocean, the friends on board would have the dive site all to themselves. then, david and shelley made their
him. as i get closer, i realize that it is shelley. how much trouble was she in? the idea was, she was unresponsive right away, that was a big problem. christian and david say they both attempted cpr, but her body did not respond. david, trained as an emt said she is gone. the part that really got me was, the people flat out not doing anything. that broke my heart, brought this whole calamity to where we are today. back on the boat, swain radioed for help. the first to respond was keith royal. the scene on the caribbean soul was somber, shelley was laying in the cockpit. everybody obviously was very, very destroyed. back on island, shelley was pronounced dead. an autopsy was conducted at a local funeral home. the cause of death, drowning. the coroner ruled it an accident. swain was free to return to tortola, in return to his own island of