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Final investigation shows Jose Fernandez WAS driving the boat, and drunk, high and speeding.

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Austin

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Now that it's official that Fernandez is responsible for the intoxicated manslaughter of his two friends, should he continue to be praised and memorialized by MLB?

Drunk drivers like the one who killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart are villified. That guy got 51 years in prison. But Fernandez has been praised, even though most people knew he was probably driving drunk. Seems like a double standard because Fernandez is a likeable famous athlete. Now that it's official, how will the Marlins and fans react?

ESPN - MIAMI -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission concluded in its nearly six-month investigation that former Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was the operator of the speeding boat that crashed and killed Fernandez and two others in the early morning of Sept. 25, 2016.

According to public records obtained by ESPN on Thursday, the FWC's final report confirmed alcohol and drugs were involved. It also concluded that Fernandez violated multiple boating laws, including Boating Under the Influence, Manslaughter, Vessel Homicide and Reckless or Careless Operation of a Vessel.

Fernandez's blood alcohol level was .147 and there was "noted presence of cocaine," according to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's toxicology report.

The speed of the 32-foot vessel during the impact of the crash on the north side of a jetty was 65.7 miles per hour. Fernandez, Eduardo Rivero and Emilio Macias died at the scene due to blunt force impact and drowning.

The report also included a text message exchange that night between Rivero and Maria Arias, Fernandez's girlfriend. She told Rivero the pair had been arguing and asked him to take care of Fernandez. "He's been drinking and is not in the best state of mind."

The report concluded: "Fernandez operated V-1 with his normal faculties impaired, in a reckless manner, at an extreme high rate of speed, in the darkness of night, in an area with known navigational hazards such as rock jetties and channel markers."

The conclusion that Fernandez was the operator was based in part on the finding that his bruises matched the damage on the boat's center console. Investigators also noted that his DNA was found on the steering wheel and throttle.
 
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Jaypers

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This is why all messages, celebrations of the person's life and such should be postponed until after the autopsy and investigation are complete.

But humanity is inherently impatient by nature. And of course, it will never happen.
 
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jbone17

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This is why all messages, celebrations of the person's life and such should be postponed until after the autopsy and investigation are complete.

But humanity is inherently impatient by nature. And of course, it will never happen.

No doubt about it. In this case, Fernandez was a young; rising star in baseball and his abrupt and untimely passing shocked everyone. All of us feel should feel obligated to honor the fallen and let the facts come to light at a later date, though.
 

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