Oklahoman
Investigators say an 18-year-old Deer Creek High School graduate who drowned at a pool party earlier this summer may have accidentally fallen in the water or entered on his own after consuming alcohol and marijuana.
Emergency responders pronounced Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Amuda dead about 3:11 a.m. June 16 in the 21600 block of Villagio Drive in an unincorporated area west of Edmond.
The state medical examiner’s office initially determined the manner of Amuda’s death was an “accident” but has since updated its determination to “pending.”
Witness interviews conducted by the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office reveal that around 25 people under the age of 21 were at the party at one point, and the pool’s lights turned off around 12:30 a.m.
Authorities released new details about the death of a Deer Creek High School graduate who investigators say drowned at a pool party last month in Edmond.It s been more than a month since 18-year-old Toyin Amuda drowned in a backyard pool during a late-night party at a home off of Coffee Creek Road and Portland Avenue in Edmond.Newly released search warrants say 25 to 35 people attended a birthday party for a friend of the daughter who lived at the house. One witness told police there was an abundance of alcoholic beverages near the pool.Detectives believe most, if not all, of the guests, were younger than 21, including Amuda.The court documents do not list what happened between 12:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. on June 16, but detectives say a partygoer went to take one last swim around 2 a.m. before bed when they found Amuda at the bottom of the pool. He was swimming and we . I was asleep, and my daughter came and got me. And she said that he was swimming and he was not breathing, the h
The nearly two dozen pages provide more information into the party where the 18-year-old drowned.
The probable cause affidavits note that in the days following the drowning, deputies heard conflicting accounts about the party.
They filed search warrants to look through Amuda s phone and car. If anybody has any information, just come out and tell the truth, said Toyin s father Adeleke Amuda, What really happened.
That was the desperate plea for answers from Amuda s family earlier in July.
They described the teen as loving, passionate and gentle. But Toyin s life was cut short at a party at a Deer Creek home.
Updated: 3:59 PM CDT Jul 1, 2021 KOCO Staff The family of an 18-year-old Deer Creek High School graduate who drowned earlier in June in a residential pool released a video statement on Thursday, remembering the teenager and urging those with information about his death to come forward. According to the Oklahoma County Sheriffâs Office, deputies responded to a home in the early morning hours of June 16 to a report of a drowning. According to the sheriff s office s report, 18-year-old Toyin Amuda, a beloved former Deer Creek student and homecoming king, drowned. The report appears to claim there was a pool party going on.The Medical Examinerâs Office first listed the teenagerâs manner of death as an âaccident.â They later changed it to âpendingâ as the sheriffâs office continues its investigation.On Thursday, the victimâs parents and brother released a video statement and thanked the community for their support. His
By: Anjelicia Bruton
OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Oklahoma -
A metro family said they will never fully heal after a Deer Creek High School graduate drowned at a pool party two weeks ago.
Toyin Amuda s family said they lost the heart of their family two weeks ago when the Deer Creek homecoming king and football player drowned at a pool party.
“He was filled with love, so much passion, he was humble, so gentle, well known and the most respectable person you will meet at 18 years old,” said Ade Amuda, Toyin Amuda’s brother.
Amuda s mother and father said they re living every parent s worst nightmare. His brother said he lost his best friend.