UPDATED PRESS RELEASE: UNATTENDED DEATH INVESTIGATION

On October 2, 2010, the Ocean City Police Department began investigating the unattended death of Tara Chanise Taylor, 32 of Lanham, Maryland, after she was found unconscious on the beach in Ocean City and later pronounced dead at Atlantic General Hospital.

Upon receiving the results of an autopsy conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland, the OCPD investigation has concluded that the victim died of an accidental drowning complicated by alcohol and drug intoxication.

Ocean City Public Safety Officials remind citizens to not enter the ocean now that lifeguards are off duty.