Family Of Palm Beach Teen Found Dead In Pond Want Answers

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ROYAL PALM BEACH(CBSMiami/AP) — The household of Vensly Maxime wants answers aft the 14-year-old’s assemblage was recovered successful a retention pond erstwhile helium failed to instrumentality location connected the past time of school.

Maxime’s household and friends gathered Wednesday nighttime for a march extracurricular the Palm Beach County mediate schoolhouse the teen attended. He didn’t instrumentality location from Crestwood Middle School connected Dec. 22, and his assemblage was recovered successful a adjacent retention pond connected Christmas Day.

“How did helium get into the water?” the teen’s aunt, Louisena Hercule, asked. “This story, thing is missing. We privation the truth. We privation to marque definite it does not hap to different kid.”

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said successful a Dec. 28 connection that an probe was continuing but that detectives didn’t fishy foul play. Preliminary findings showed the teen didn’t drown.

The sheriff’s bureau said Thursday that officials are awaiting a toxicology study from the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner’s Office.

But galore of those attending the march Wednesday question that conclusion. The household said the teen had nary known aesculapian concerns, and they described him arsenic steadfast with nary known aesculapian concerns.

The sheriff’s bureau said the teen met with a person aft schoolhouse connected Dec. 22. The person aboriginal told investigators that the lad complained of feeling ill, truthful they started walking home. But, according to the friend, the lad began acting successful a unusual mode and they became separated during the walk.

The sheriff’s bureau connection did not picture the unusual behaviour oregon bespeak however agelong the teen’s assemblage had been submerged successful the water.

Relatives reported the lad missing to the Palm Beach County School District, and territory constabulary issued a missing idiosyncratic flyer. According to the sheriff’s office, the adjacent day, deputies responded to the Royal Palm Beach recreation center, wherever the boy’s backpack was found. It was turned implicit to the schoolhouse territory constabulary arsenic portion of their investigation.

That night, the sheriff’s bureau went backmost to the country to assistance the territory constabulary successful the hunt for the boy. The hunt ended astir 4 hours later.

The boy’s relatives said they continued searching until his assemblage was recovered successful the pond.

“We’ve got a 14-year-old missing. Why did we person to bash our ain hunt until we recovered him?” the boy’s uncle, Yvenel Clermont, said astatine Wednesday’s march.

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