Sharks off Stuart Beach killed an experienced kiteboarder, according to the Palm Beach Post. Officials believe a group of great whites attacked 38-year-old Stephen Howard Schafer but they are still investigating.

At 4 p.m. yesterday Schafer was kiteboarding when a lifeguard saw him in distress. After paddling out, the lifeguard put Schafer on a rescue board and took him to shore but Schafer later died.

To read the Post’s article, click here.

South Florida Adventures magazine published an article titled Florida’s Predators: How To Stay Safe. Included is a section on avoiding and surviving shark attacks. To read it, click here.

The Miami Herald reports that “Carlos G. Bertonatti struck cyclist Christopher Lecanne with a silver Volkswagen Jetta on the Rickenbacker Causeway on (Jan. 17). Lecanne’s crushed bike was reportedly dragged for blocks before the driver was stopped by police in Key Biscayne.”

Bertonatti has been charged with numerous crimes, including DUI manslaughter. He posted the $100,000 bail and was released.

To read an updated Herald report about the incident, click here.

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An American has been convicted of murdering his wife while scuba diving in the Caribbean, according to FoxNews.com.

On Oct. 27 a jury in the British Virgin Islands convicted Rhode Island resident David Swain for killing his wife, Shelley Tyre, while they were scuba diving in 1999. Authorities originally ruled the death an accident but charged him after a 2006 civil trial found him responsible. The wife’s parents accused Swain of killing their daughter while he romanced another woman.

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