And Wikipedia says, "In most persons, the laryngospasm relaxes some time after unconsciousness and water can enter the lungs causing a "wet drowning". However, about 710% of people maintain this seal until cardiac arrest. This was called "dry drowning", as no water enters the lungs. In forensic pathology, water in the lungs indicates that the person was still alive at the point of submersion. Absence of water in the lungs may be either a dry drowning or indicates a death before submersion."
Given all that uncertainty, I don't think the writer of the original article has enough information to draw the conclusions she does.
precisely. Drowning is a very specific finding. If you make that finding you don’t do it lightly but based on autopsy results. when the cause of death was changed to CA it was done without any new information. please read the article carefully.
There was no further investigation before the drowning cause of death was changed. It is very plain in the article.