THIS IS CBS 4 NEWS TONIGHT.
ONE FAITHFUL NIGHT, THREE
LIVES LOST, SPEED, BOOZE,
DARKNESS, AND DISASTER.
TONIGHT AS INVESTIGATORS
REVEAL WHAT THEY FOUND INSIDE
HIS MANGLED BOAT, WE'RE NOW
GETTING FINAL WORD ON THE
TRAGIC DEATH OF JOSE FERNANDEZ
AND WHO IS TO BLAME.
IN CONCLUSION, BY THE
FLORIDA FISH AND WILD LIFE
DEPARTMENT, INVESTIGATORS USED
WORDS LIKE WRECKLESS AND
IMPAIRED TO DESCRIBE JOSE
FERNANDEZ.
IT LAY IT IS BLAME SQUARELY
ON THE LATE MARLINS CRASH, CBS
4 IS LIVE AT MARLINS PARK TO
PIECE IT ALL TOGETHER FOR US.
Reporter: GOOD EVENING, THIS
REPORT A 46 PAGE REPORT DETAILS
JUST HOW TO BOAT CRASH AND WHAT
HAPPENED ALL THE DETAILS OF
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER CRASH BUT
IT DOES NOT ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS AS TO WHY JOSE
FERNANDEZ MAY HAVE BEEN UPSET
THAT NIGHT.
THERE ARE, HOWEVER, REFERENCES
IN THIS REPORT, TO TEXT MESSAGE
FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HIS
OTHER FRIEND, SAYING THAT HE
MAY HAVE NOT BEEN IN A GOOD
STATE OF MIND AND HE MAY HAVE
NEED TODAY BE KEPT COOL.
BUT AGAIN, IN THIS REPORT,
NOWHERE IN HERE SAYS WHY.
ERIE IMAGES OF DIVERS
MOMENTS AFTER ALL-STAR JOSE
FERNANDEZ CRASHED INTO THE
ROCKS KILLING FERNANDEZ AND TWO
OF HIS FRIENDS.
THE FISH AND WILD LIFE
COMMISSION IS SHOOTING THE
REPORT SAYING DNA EVIDENCE PUT
HIM AT THE WHEEL, CONCLUDING
FERNANDEZ OPERATED THE BOAT
WITH HIS NORMAL FACULTIES
IMPAIRED IN AN AREA WITH A
KNOWN NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD.
HIS FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYS THAT
HE'S SKEPTICAL OF THE FINDING.
I AM VERY CRITICAL OF BOTH
THE FACT-FINDING AND THE
CONCLUSIONS REACHED.
I THINK THERE WERE STACKED
CONCLUSION.
THE REPORT SAID HIS BLOOD
ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS ALMOST DOUBLE
THE LEGAL LIMIT AND HE HAD CEO
ABSTAIN IN HIS SYSTEM.
RECEIPTS AND WITNESS 5:00 COULD
BEES SAY FERNANDEZ AND HIS
FRIENDS, AAMELIRIO HAD BOUGHT
TWO BOTTLES OF DON JULIO IN
ADDITION TO A NUMBER OF OTHER
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS BEFORE HEADING
TO SEA JUST BEFORE 3:00 A.M.
THEIR EVERY SINGLE MOVE
REPORTED ON THE BOAT GPS GIVING
A CLEAR INDICATION OF THE TIME
LINE.
YOU CAN SEE DIVERS TRIED TO PRY
THE GPS OUT TELLING THEM THEY
HOPE TO PRESERVE THE EVIDENCE.
IN REPORT HIS ATTORNEY TOLD
INVESTIGATORS THAT HE KNEW THAT
THE PICTURE COULD THROW HIM
DOWN, AND IT WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED IF HE WAS A .2 OR
SOMETHING AND DESCRIBED
HERNANDEZ AS CONTROLLING AND A
HOT HEAD BUT VERY PERSUASIVE
AND EXUBERANT.
THE ATTORNEY SAYS THEY WERE
TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
THERE WAS A USUAL
DISTRIBUTION OF THE LENGTHY
EXCHANGE.
WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY SAID --
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
NARCOTICS AND I SAID IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE THAT HE
HAD VOLUNTARILY INGESTED
COCAINE.
HE HAD NO KNOWN HISTORY.
HE HAD NO KNOWN NECESSITY FOR
IT.
HE WAS VERY GUARDED AGAINST IT,
AND SO, IF ONE OF THE ANSWERS,
ONE QUESTION THEN, BUT DID HE
DRINK, AND I SAID YEAH HE CAN
THROW THEM DOWN.
THE FAMILYS ARE SUING FOR
UNANIMOUS DOZE ESTATE, THEIR
ATTORNEY TELLING THE SUN THAT
THE FAMILYS ARE NOT VINDICTIVE
AND ARE SIMPLY HOPING THAT AN
IMKABYLE SETTLEMENT CAN BE
REACHED.
AND BACK HERE LIVE THE TEAM
ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE
NOTHING WILL EVER DIMINISH
JOSE'S EVER-LASTING CONNECTION
WITH MIAMI, NOR CAN IT DIMINISH
THE LOVE AND PASSION HE FELT
FOR HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALL
OF HIS FAMILIAR FANS.
WE CONTACTED EVERYONE WHO WAS
NAMED IN REPORT, AND THE ONLY
PERSON WE PUBLIC HEY HEARD FROM
WAS THE FAMILY ATTORNEY, AND NO
DOUBT THIS TEAM AND HIS FANS