{"id":240317,"date":"2026-04-21T13:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240317\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:14:09","slug":"elderly-florida-man-drowns-after-becoming-entangled-in-rope-before-boating-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240317\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Florida man drowns after becoming entangled in rope before boating trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DEBARY, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 An elderly man tragically lost his life after he got caught on a rope and drowned in the water while trying to go boating on Saturday morning. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Volusia County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, deputies responded to a boat dock on Sher Lane at about 10:27 a.m. after someone found the victim&#8217;s body in the water between two boats. The sheriff&#8217;s office says the victim&#8217;s leg was wrapped around a rope that was being used to secure the boat to the dock. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/racial-slur-found-on-pioneer-park-chalkboard-sign-police-investigating-florida-news-martin-county-area-city-of-port-st-lucie-chalkboard-graffiti-community-standards-park-regulations-non-permanent-damage-public-expression-law-enforcement-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Racial slurs found scrawled on Pioneer Park chalkboard sign; police investigating<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputies identified the victim as Jerry Capo, 75, of DeBary. Capo&#8217;s son arrived at the scene and told law enforcement he planned to go out on the boat with his dad. <\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office says there were no signs of foul play during the investigation, and the incident was found to be accidental. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEBARY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 An elderly man tragically lost his life after he got caught on a rope&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-240317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}