A 21 year old man has drowned and was found dead in Demi Moore's pool at her Los Angeles home on Sunday, July 19. Demi is in shock hearing the news while out of the country for her daughter Scout Willis' birthday.
A man was found dead in a pool in the backyard of Demi Moore's $7million Beverly Hills home early on Sunday while the actress and her family were away. In a statement released through her publicist, Heidi Lopata, the 52 year old actress said: "I was out of the country traveling to meet my daughters for a birthday celebration when I got the devastating news."
Edenilson Steven Valle's family and friends told investigators he did not know how to swim. It appears that he slipped and fell in the pool and died at Moore's residence at around 5:30am on Sunday morning. Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Fred Corral says Valle had gone missing for 10 or 15 minutes before his friends found him floating in the deep end of the pool Sunday morning. A technician from the Coroner's Office was dispatched to the scene at 6:55 A.M.
The young man is a friend of one of Moore's assistants. Five people were at the home at the time of the drowning, according to Sgt. A. Bone of the West Los Angeles station. One of the five people present was an assistant to Moore. It was said that there was a party at the house that night. Sgt. Bone confirmed that neither Moore nor any members of her family were at the home at the time of the drowning.
The home is located on a winding hillside street on the eastern side of Benedict Canyon, and just north of downtown Beverly Hills. One of neighbors has stated that Demi's children have been throwing parties every day at the house for weeks and there have been recurrent pool parties. The party where Valle died was hosted by Moore's assistant. Officers are not certain if she is aware on the said gathering.
No foul play is declared but the police are continuing their investigation. Demi Moore believed that the death, which occurred at a party held by her assistant in her absence, was an unthinkable tragedy. She said that her heart goes out to the young man's family and friends.
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