FWC Diver Reveals Truly Cans and a Bud Light Pulled From Under George Pino's Capsized Boat | Pt 15

Eight phones. Gold earrings. Truly cans and a Bud Light. The divers handed it all up from the floor of Biscayne Bay, and the jury saw every photograph. Lieutenant Manuel Pomares has spent 29 years with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and he is the man who pulled this case off the bay floor. The day after George Pino's 29-foot Robalo struck channel marker 15 at Cutter Bank and capsized with fourteen people aboard, a crash seventeen-year-old Lucy Fernandez did not survive, Pomares and his dive team swam two full loops around the wreck before they touched a thing. Then they started handing the evidence up. In the Millionaire Boat Crash Trial, where the investigation never tested the man at the helm for alcohol, the impairment evidence had to be fished off the bottom of Biscayne Bay, and on Day 4 the jury watched the recovery photos come in one by one. The state needed three things from this witness, and you will see it chase all three: an unbroken chain of custody on every physical exhibit, including the boat's two Simrad GPS units, the green paint transferred onto Pino's hull that puts the smashed dayboards squarely in the boat's path, and those cans, sitting in evidence without one word of commentary. Then watch what the defense walks away with. The cross is short, and it leaves holding something brand new: marker 15 may be the shortest piling in the channel, nobody can say how high its sign sat above the water on September 4th, 2022, and an FWC lieutenant agrees, from the stand, to go measure it in the middle of a homicide trial. One more name to hold as you watch: Lieutenant William Thompson. Pomares confirms that on the night of the crash, the lead investigator was a line investigator whose own supervisor never made it out. Every exhibit this witness sealed is waiting for Thompson when he takes the stand. --- WATCH WITH JUSTICE 2:19 to 11:28 - Pomares rebuilds the crash night from the inside: a Walmart run for supplies, officers guarding an overturned hull in the dark, and a lead investigator working without his own supervisor. 11:29 to 23:21 - Cutter Bank becomes a funnel, and marker 15 is a bare steel pipe. The smashed dayboards left nothing behind but a clean rectangle in the bird droppings. 23:22 to 42:29 - The jury watches the dive footage: the Robalo upside down on a grassy bottom, the starboard side caved in, light pouring through the damage. 42:30 to 53:58 - Recovery mode. Eight phones, gold earrings, Yeti tumblers, Truly cans and a Bud Light, several of the phones with the girls' IDs still tucked in the cases. 53:59 to 1:13:48 - Pomares opens the smashed marker fragment in front of the jury, the steel rod the only reason it did not float away, then the $8,000 salvage and the shrink wrap. 1:13:49 to 1:48:37 - The judge draws a hard line with the jury out, then the green paint tells its story: transfer at the bow and again at midship, and the boat's GPS units carried into court with the chain sealed. 1:48:38 to 1:58:57 - The defense plants its seed: marker 15 is the shortest piling out there, its sign's height above the water that day is unknown, and the lieutenant agrees to go measure it mid-trial. --- COMPLETE CASE COVERAGE justiceisaprocess.com SUBSCRIBE for daily trial coverage and hit the notification bell so you never miss testimony. JOIN to unlock the Case Notebook powered by NotebookLM, where you can chat with the evidence, ask questions about testimony, and go deeper than any comment section allows. CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://justiceisaprocess.com/fl-v-pi... Complete case overview including charges, timeline, key players, and legal analysis. A teenager died on Biscayne Bay, the man at the wheel faced misdemeanors, and it took a newspaper investigation to turn it into a felony trial. PLAYLISTS AND RESOURCES Website: https://justiceisaprocess.com/coverag... Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • Millionaire Boat Crash Trial - Full Trial ...   No Breaks Edition:    • Millionaire Boat Crash Trial - No Breaks E...   Trial Analysis Podcast:    • Millionaire Boat Crash Trial - Trial Case ...   Key Moments and Testimony:    • Millionaire Boat Crash Trial - Key Moments...   Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. #JusticeIsAProcess #MillionaireBoatCrashTrial #Pino