A recording studio in Brentwood, Maryland, is slightly quieter than it was once.
Lowcation Studios has misplaced one in every of its proficient audio engineers, Dinari McAlmont, who was discovered lifeless shortly after arriving within the Bahamas for trip.
“I simply broke down,” stated Oliver Franklin, the proprietor of Lowcation Studios. “He was, he was actually younger, and it is simply, it is simply devastating.”
Franklin stated McAlmont labored there for the final 12 months producing music.
“In that 12 months, you realize, he was any person that, you realize, I talked to each day,” Franklin stated. “, he was all the time clearly within the studio, and it was simply crushing.”
McAlmont and his dad and mom stay in Bowie, Maryland. They flew to the Bahamas for trip Friday.
Lower than a day into the journey, his aunt, Marcelle Bacchus, informed News4 the 23-year-old was discovered lifeless on the seashore close to his resort, Atlantis Bahamas.
News4 spoke together with her by cellphone.
“We do not have solutions,” Bacchus stated. “We do not actually know, nevertheless it’s very irritating. Appears as if the whole lot is being pushed below the rug.”
Bahamian police say an post-mortem confirmed McAlmont drowned, and they don’t suspect foul play.
However his household has questions.
The police informed them there was some sort of situation at a restaurant earlier than McAlmont’s physique was discovered.
“They stated he spat on somebody and ran by way of a door,” Bacchus stated.
She says his mom informed her when she went to see his physique, authorities would solely present her a photograph. She stated it regarded like McAlmont had been overwhelmed.
In addition they query why no surveillance video has been launched.
“We’re simply right here at the hours of darkness,” Bacchus stated. “We actually want some assist, some eyewitness, any person to come back ahead and assist us to simply remedy this puzzle.”
News4 reached out to the resort to assist them get some solutions. They despatched an announcement saying, “We’re deeply saddened by the passing of one in every of our company. Our condolences are with the visitor’s household and family members throughout this troublesome time. The police authorities are
finishing up an investigation of this tragic incident. We await the police’s findings and won’t touch upon hypothesis.”
Bacchus informed News4 the household is working to get a world lawyer that may assist them going ahead.
News4 spoke with McAlmont’s father by cellphone Wednesday. He’s nonetheless within the Bahamas.
He declined to be interviewed.
