Florida Police Probe the Death of a Smith County Woman

KEY WEST (AP) – A companion pulled Candice Cooper, 38, of Lindale from the ocean at Smathers Beach Friday night. Key West police spokeswoman Alyson Crean said in a news release, Bill Baker told investigators he spotted Cooper floating and unresponsive in the water. He brought her to shore and called 911. The report says Baker began CPR and she was then taken to a hospital, where she died. Crean says they are looking into suspicious circumstances and the preliminary findings “indicate her death might be a homicide.” No other information was released.