SeaWorld Death Likely a Drowning

A naked man found dead on the back of a killer whale in a tank at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida was a drifter who apparently drowned after going for a swim, police said. The dead man was identified as Daniel Dukes, 27, who had listed his address as a Hare Krishna Temple in Miami. An autopsy was expected to show he drowned. “There was no foul play or anything sinister on his part,” an Orange County sheriff’s spokesman said. Investigators said the 14-year-old whale--at 11,000 pounds the largest in captivity--may have played with Dukes’ body as if it were a toy.