Charmaine Fenton desires the Miramar Police Department to reopen their investigation into her son’s demise. LJ Latham, 18, disappeared on April 11 whereas hanging out with a male minor buddy that night.
A medical expert decided his reason for demise to be “accidental drowning,” however his mom isn’t shopping for it. She insists that he’s an avid swimmer and that the state during which police discovered his physique is unsettling.
In the most recent installment of TSR Investigates, Justin Carter spoke with Charmaine Fenton about her combat for solutions. Carter describes LJ Latham as a “star student” who was headed to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Now, unique footage obtained by TSRI exhibits LJ Latham moments earlier than he disappeared and died. In the clip, he’s seen pacing for a second earlier than strolling out of the body. It’s unclear if he’s bare within the video.
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His location was undetermined for about three days. Within the primary 24 hours of his disappearance, police had recovered LJ’s “rain-soaked clothing” from a sidewalk close to the lake. Search efforts escalated by land, lake, and air. On April 13, a patrol officer discovered LJ’s bare physique floating face-down within the lake.
“I was not even thinking what I was told was going to be the outcome, but I was hoping that my son would’ve return, even if he was injured or something. I had hope. That’s all I had,” Charmaine instructed Justin Carter.
Mother Describes Text Interaction w/ Friend On The Night LJ Latham Disappeared
The finest buddy who was with LJ on April 11 was not recognized by the investigative collection for privateness causes. Police haven’t charged the minor with any crime.
However, Charmaine Fenton revealed their textual content alternate on the evening Latham didn’t return dwelling from their night hangout. The associates kicking it was a traditional prevalence between the pair, she stated.
Fenton says she texted her son’s finest buddy and requested why she couldn’t attain LJ. The minor initially lied, saying LJ was within the toilet and his cellphone was lifeless. When Fenton referred to as out the lie, the minor revealed that they had been chilling y Vizcaya Park earlier than LJ Latham “got mad about smth on his phone and left the car.” The minor stated he waited for 40 minutes for LJ to return, however he by no means did.
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The police report confirms the minor drove LJ’s automobile forwards and backwards close by in the hunt for Latham, per surveillance footage. When he had no success, the minor returned dwelling and enlisted the search assist of his mother and father. Unable to search out the teenager, the household returned to their residence with out alerting Charmaine Fenton or Miramar PD.
The report says it’s unclear what triggered LJ to go away the car. It provides that in questioning, the minor appeared “to be honest and forthwith to law enforcement,” together with that LJ and he had bought and smoked marijuana earlier than his disappearance.
The vendor, additionally a minor, denied that the marijuana had any dangerous components, including that LJ had no points with previous purchases. LJ’s toxicology report didn’t present any hallucinogenic medicine in his system. There was an unconfirmed constructive take a look at for cannabinoids.
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