Cops don’t suspect foul play? I’m curious to know why...
Sorry to say it all makes me suspicious - unless there are any witnesses who saw the whole chain of events as described.
Maybe the Sherriff’s office just doesn’t want to say anything until they’ve checked out his story, but I hope they’re doing do. First, do they know for certain she was even there? (something could have happened to her elsewhere and this could be a cover story). Did witnesses see her? And did anyone else see her go under? etc.
Sad to be suspicious of what may be just a tragic accident but this sounds rather weird.... and the whole thing about she was gone by the time he took off his jacket — that sounds very hard to believe. If you’re greatly concerned about someone swept away in the water you don’t take your eyes off them, certainly not for more than a couple of seconds.
I'll second that. First thing I thought of. Reality set in, and maybe she didn't meet some expectation of his.
You said — “Cops don’t suspect foul play? I’m curious to know why...”
Well..., if you’re from Oregon, you would know... LOL...
People are taught there to not turn your back on the ocean and keep your eyes on it. There are rogue waves and they come out of nowhere. So, you’ve got to keep your eyes open. They been known to toss people around, suck them under and throw those big beach logs on people. There have been instances of rogue waves tossing logs up into parking lots (next to the shore where people get out to see the beach) and crushing cars.
So, this is not weird or strange, unless you think of rogue waves being weird or strange. If you don’t want to lose your life, you have better keep a good eye on those waves, because they’ll *get you*...