Although it seemed like Andy drowned to death, there were indications that something else was happening. Our elder boys insisted that.
Their heads were killing them while they were in the hospital. nausea and dizziness,” Free remembers. All of it seemed at the moment to be signs of a day in the sun, tinged with sorrow.
While I waited for the medical examiner, my husband took kids outdoors. When he returned, he informed me that he wanted to admit them for testing,
Free recalls. “The medical examiner was informed to perform tests on Andy after blood tests showed that he had CO poisoning.”
Local news sources began reporting that Andy fell and drowned as the family awaited the results of his autopsy.
Free was prepared to correct the record in a Facebook post on August 28, almost two months after Andy’s passing.
