N.Va. Man One of Three Dead in Va. Beach

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Monday, July 8, 2002; Page B03

A 25-year-old Springfield man who apparently went swimming at Virginia Beach before lifeguards were on duty was found dead and floating in the water yesterday about 10:20 a.m., police said.

Authorities said they were treating the death of Delmer Octavio-Nunez as an accidental drowning but were still investigating. Virginia Beach police said Octavio-Nunez appeared to have gone into the water before 8 a.m. after traveling from Northern Virginia with a group that had chartered a bus. Several members of the group played soccer together and had relatives in Honduras, police said.

Virginia Beach police also were investigating as a possible drowning the death of a Bolivian man who was pulled from a motel swimming pool. Claudio Andrade, 72, of La Paz, died Saturday afternoon at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.

And Friday, an 8-year-old Richmond boy drowned in the ocean off Virginia Beach after plunging into a wave in waist-deep surf, police said. Rayshawn Deon White and his 11-year-old brother were playing within sight of their parents and sister when Rayshawn plunged into the wave, Virginia Beach police spokesman Jimmy Barnes