The death of a British university student who accidentally drowned in a swimming pool in the US remains a mystery after a coroner described the incident as ‘inexplicable’.
Jack Chisholm, 21, was found unresponsive at the home of a friend in Bokeelia, Florida, where he had been staying for a month while he was working at a tortoise sanctuary during the university holidays.
Jack, who was described as a ‘very happy chap’ and a strong swimmer, was a student at Newcastle University and lived with his family in Burford, Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire coroner Darren Salter heard that an investigation by US detectives concluded Jack had drowned but that there was no third party involvement.
Mr Salter said: ‘There was uncertainty as to how and why Jack entered the water. It is to an extent inexplicable how he ended up in the water and how he could not get himself out.’
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