The FWC’s investigation is ongoing and a report will be issued when it is complete, spokesman Stan Kirkland said.
Former Bay High School basketball coach Robert Williams, 18-year-old Taylor Evanoff and 21-year-old Jamilia Beltz were killed when Williams’ 336 Cobalt boat crashed into a piling at the Mid-Bay Bridge.
“The autopsies will comprise a major piece of our investigation,” Kirkland said.
“We’ll look at other things, like when the victims were dropped off at the marina and the weather conditions,” he added. “The conclusions drawn by our investigators will be based on the totality of the evidence gathered.”
The autopsy reports appear to substantiate at least a couple of things. It said Willams, Evanoff and Beltz drowned and that the deaths were accidental.
It also confirmed that Williams, 47, had sustained significant injuries, including rib and arm fractures.
It was determined that all three of the victims had been drinking the night they died.
A cab driver told investigators that he dropped them off at Legendary Marina on Okaloosa Island about midnight Dec. 4. There also is evidence they had been at a nightclub prior to the cab ride.
Still unknown is the relationship of the three and why Williams would have $3,200 in $100 bills and $74 in $1 bills in his pockets.
Williams was Bay High boys basketball coach for five seasons, before leaving in 2004. He was born in Port St. Joe and a graduate of