{"id":257190,"date":"2026-05-04T01:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257190\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:49:20","slug":"fatal-swimming-incident-in-florida-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257190\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal swimming incident in Florida Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ambulance_final201.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Edward Eugene Stills, 50, drowned after diving into shallow water near Marvin Key, Monroe County. \" alt=\"Edward Eugene Stills, 50, drowned after diving into shallow water near Marvin Key, Monroe County. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Edward Eugene Stills, 50, drowned after diving into shallow water near Marvin Key, Monroe County. <\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>A man died Saturday afternoon while swimming in the Florida Keys, according to the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Eugene Stills, 50, of Asheville, North Carolina, was near Marvin Key around 3:15 p.m. when observers noticed that he dove into shallow water. He was found unresponsive in the water.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials brought Stills ashore. He was taken to Stock Island\u2019s Lower Keys Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Marvin Key, 10 to 15 miles northeast of Key West, is an uninhabited island off the Lower Keys popular with weekend boaters for its beaches and sandbars.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/256031712\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MBheadshot (1) Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Michael Butler\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/256031712\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Butler<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Michael Butler writes about minority business and trends that affect marginalized professionals in South Florida. As a business reporter for the Miami Herald, he tells inclusive stories that reflect South Florida\u2019s diversity. Just like Miami\u2019s diverse population, Butler, a Temple University graduate, has both local roots and a Panamanian heritage.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edward Eugene Stills, 50, drowned after diving into shallow water near Marvin Key, Monroe County. Getty Images A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-257190","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\/257190","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=257190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}